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Rustled a-row upon the stage Big girls and little, ranged in sizes, All waiting for the Personage To make the speech and give the prizes.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914 by Various

It was a neatly furnished cottage room In which she lay, and nodding eglantine, With its sweet-scented foliage and rath roses, Rustled and shimmered at the open window.

From The Woman Who Dared by Sargent, Epes

He turned his large-boned face; and all his steel Tossed into beams the lustre of the noon; And all the shaggy horror of his locks Rustled like locusts in a field of corn.

From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. by De la Mare, Walter

The iron clanging sank through the light air, Rustled over with blowing branches.

From Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Lowell, Amy

Rustled the dry leaves neath his foot, And made an eerie sound, A neighbouring owl began to hoot, All else was still around.

From Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Dutt, Toru