chaunt
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There is a chaunt in the recitation both of Coleridge and Wordsworth, which acts as a spell upon the hearer, and disarms the judgement.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones
Full soon he tunes each quivering chord, And, with preamble wildly sweet He doth the wondering listeners greet;— Then strikes into a changeful chaunt That fits his fanciful romaunt.
From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Thomas Cooper
See, mouldering stone and metal’s rust Belie the vaunt That man can bless one pile of dust With chime or chaunt.’
From Cities of the Dawn by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
The boys Marched to the rhythm of a sing-song chaunt To ease their work.
From Provocations by Sibyl Bristowe
They were floating slowly down with the tide as we passed, and singing a sort of sad, monotonous chaunt, which sounded weird and pathetic, but impressionnant.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
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