It begins in rocky caverns, As a voice that chaunts alone To the pedals of the organ In monotonous undertone; And anon from shelving beaches, And shallow sands beyond, In snow-white robes uprising The ghostly choirs respond.

"Now the soft-pedal on slush, eh, Rafaelito?...

She plied the pedals with vigor, and he ran alongside or behind, as best he could; she excited, and he out of breath.

As they passed the main house, they got on their bikes and pedaled to the studio along the edge of a small steep hay field rich in clover and wildflowers, surrounded by trees.

A la bien aimee; biographical sketch and glossary, fingering, phrasing and pedaling by the composer.

But as they pedaled into the Western Addition, among the large and comfortable residences, his laughter became less loud and frequent, and he unconsciously lagged in the rear.

Pedaling for dear life she caught up with him when he was still some distance from it.

For sixty minutes, then, as I had pedaled along that endless road, the sun had beaten down upon my head and shoulders, and when I came upon a public pump, I dropped down in the grass beside it, after wringing out my handkerchief in its refreshing water and bathing my burning face and arms.

She smiled to soften the edge in her tone, and they pedaled toward home in the early evening light.

He would always be a second, of course, but his frame had rigidity now, his lamps sparkled, he gripped the wheel with purposeful hands and trampled the pedals in the way an engine likes.