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Babbled the woodland like a rocky brook; And as the ecstacy of foliage shook, Hot pieces of bright, sunny heavens glanced Like polished silver thro' pale leaves that danced.

From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Cawein, Madison Julius

Babbled?" quoth Sir Benedict, shaking his head, "nay, Roger is no babbler of secret matters, for many do ken of thy love, Beltane—and I am thy friend, so is thy happiness my happiness.

From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery

Each gutter and spout Babbled unchecked in the busy way    Of witless things: Nothing to read, nothing to see Seemed in that room for her and me    On Swithin's day.

From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Hardy, Thomas

He spoke her in the Taal; he touched her hand; She scarcely moved, but with a tear-stained smile Babbled in words he could not understand, Nodding her head towards the plains the while.

From Provocations by Bristowe, Sibyl

Babbled Conn the youngest, 'Sister, I remember At my father's palace how I went in silk, Ate the juicy deer-flesh roasted from the ember, Drank from golden goblets my child's draught of milk.

From A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)