Quotations Containing the Sounds of k and g 1. Bobolink He is here Spink-a-chink! 2. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick. CLINTON SCOLLARD. 3. He spoke not a word but went straight to his work And filled all the stockings and turned with a jerk. -CLEMENT CLARK MOORE. 4. And bright where summer breezes break, The green wheat crinkles like a lake. 5. Robert of Lincoln is gayly dressed, Wearing a bright black wedding coat; TROWBRIDGE. White are his shoulders, and white his crest, Hear him call in his merry note, Bob-o-link, bob-o-link, Spink, spank, spink. -BRYANT. 6. Still the same magical tink, tink, tink came gayly from the workshop of the Golden Key. 7. Crack! crack! begins the hemlock branch, Snap! snap! the chestnut stick; And up the wide old chimney now The sparks are flying thick. -DICKENS. SONG OF THE KETTLE.' The dew-drops from his flanks he shook. -SCOTT. 9. Plunged in the battery smoke, Right thro' the line they broke. TENNYSON. 10. How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, in the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens seem to twinkle with a crystalline delight. --POE. 11. Away to the hills, to the caves, to the rocks; Ere I own a usurper, I'll couch with the fox. -SCOTT. 12. For eschewing books and tasks Nature answers all he asks; Hand in hand with her he walks, Face to face with her he talks. WHITTIER. 13. A giddy, giggling girl, her kinsfolks plague, Her manner vulgar, and her converse vague. 14. The gay green grass comes creeping, So soft beneath their feet; The frogs begin to ripple, A music clear and sweet. -CELIA THAXTER. 15. Do men gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? 16. Pray the gods to intermit the plague That needs must light on this ingratitude. -SHAKESPEARE. Quotations Containing the Sounds of ng and h 1. Like a peal of broken bells Kling, klang, kling, Far and high the wild geese cry 2. The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest; Their heads never raising. There are forty feeding like one. 3. Springlets in the dawn are steaming, Diamonds on the brake are gleaming. 4. Some are laughing, some are weeping; She is sleeping, only sleeping, -CELIA THAXTER. -WORDSWORTH. Round her rest wild flowers are creeping; -SCOTT. 5. There was a rustling that seemed like a bustling Of merry crowds justling at pitching and hustling; Small feet were pattering, wooden shoes clattering, Little hands clapping, and little tongues chattering, And like fowls in a barnyard, when barley is scattering, Out came the children running. -BROWNING. 6. In an attitude imploring, Hands upon his bosom crossed, Knelt the monk in rapture lost. 7. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared tc dream before. 8. Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. -POE. -SHAKESPEARE. 9. Bobolink, Linger long! There's a kink In your song. CLINTON SCOLLARD. 10. And shining and twining, and rattling and battling And moaning and groaning. "The Cataract of Ladore." -SOUTHEY. 11. Ko-ling, ko-lang, kolinglelingle Way down the darkening dingle The cows are coming home. -AGNES E. MITCHELL. 12. My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart's in the Highlands achasing the deer. -BURNS. 13. Hence: home, you idle creatures; get you home. 14. O horrible! O horrible! most horrible. 15. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His brow is wet with honest sweat, 16. And loyal hearts are beating high; Hats off! The flag is passing by! -HENRY HOLCOM BENNETT. 17. Hark! Hark! what sound on the wind is borne? 'Tis the conquering voice of the hunter's horn! The horn! the horn! The merry, bold voice of the hunter's horn. -BARRY CORNWALL. 18. Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling. 19. Hark! hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings. 20. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. |