Whither away, old man, whither away, With locks of white, and form bent low, And trembling hands, and steps so slow?

With such a prelude as this, and hearts that throbbed with emotion, Slowly they entered the Têche, where it flows through the green Opelousas, And through the amber air, above the crest of the woodland, Saw the column of smoke that arose from a neighboring dwelling; Sounds of a horn they heard, and the distant lowing of cattle.

"Their king, their lords, their mightiest low, They melted from the field as snow, Tweed's echoes heard the ceaseless splash While many a broken band, Disorder'd, through her currents dash, To gain the Scottish land; To town and tower, to down and dale, To tell red Flodden's dismal tale, And raise the universal wail.

I don't want you kept, but you have behaved uncommon low to me;

There was a long silence, broken only by the old familiar song of the lark sounding jubilantly from above their heads; the rustling of the tall fawn-coloured grasses that grew among the stones, and the distant faint lowing of cattle.

Fred bent low in the nick of time, and the gaunt, lank body shot over his head, landing on the ice in front.

The heifer lows, uneasy at the voice Of a new master; bleat the flocks aloud.

The murmur of voices, as her brother and mother talked in low tones, did not disturb her, and the almost inaudible lowing of the cattle on the distant ranges was but a part of silence itself.

He, however, intoxicated with a warrior's pride, was not at all pleased with the reception accorded to him, and by force and in defiance of all resistance, seized and carried off from that hermitage the chief of the cows whose milk supplied the sacred butter, not heeding the loud lowing of the cow.

Chwastowski rushed off in a hurry to give orders for the cattle to be driven home, but the cow-herds had started without waiting for orders, for presently we heard distinctly the mournful lowing of the cattle.

So saying, with a sudden blow, He laid the noxious vagrant low.

Far off in the meadows the cattle rose from their warm dry places, stretched themselves and awoke the echoes of the wide rolling land with peaceful lowing.

The boys had made acquaintance with them the night before, and the poor things greeted them now with piteous lows of appeal.

Before Jenny Bell went to live with her darter I didn't know what I should dew, for the taters was gittin' pooty low.

A fun-ny old fel-low is Win-ter, I trow, A mer-ry old fel-low for glee: He paints all the no-ses a beau-ti-ful hue, He counts all our fin-gers, and pinch-es them too; Our toes he gets hold of through stock-ing and shoe; For a fun-ny old fel-low is he.

and then giving vent to a soft, self-satisfied low.

The heifer lows, uneasy at the voice Of a new master; bleat the flocks aloud.

So saying, with a sudden blow, He laid the noxious vagrant low.

There is something very agreeable in the varied lowing of cattle when heard in the distant country, and when replied to by a large herd, especially toward evening and amid echoes.

BELOW, [i.e., by-low,] meaning under, or beneath, is from be and the adjective low. 17.

Lizard Island is conspicuous from a distance, on account of its peak*the central part of a mountainous ridge running across the island, and dividing it into two portions, of which the eastern is hilly and the western low, and intersected by small ridges of slight elevation.

I mogulated my axent low and gentle and looked mild at her over my specs, as I washed and she wiped, but my words wuz ever the same.

Let him to you the mystery show To blend high aims and cunning low; And while youth's passions are aflame To fall in love by rule and plan!

Here ceased the youth; but still his words Did o'er her fancy play; They seem'd the matin song of birds, Or like the distant low of herds That welcomes in the day.