As we drew near the tepee, I heard the chanting of a medicine-man within it.

And he began to chant, without rhyming, without raising his voice above the pitch of talk, while the lute monotonously accompanied his chanting.

At this moment the Brothers, still prostrate upon the floor, began again their mournful, yet impassioned chanting, and as they did so a strange thing happened.

Shaded lights were burning low Muffled bells swung to and fro Solemn monks were chanting slow Chanting of the Crucified; When the good St. Bavon died.

"None hear now the morning stars when they sing together to the sun; none know the chanting of the spheres!

He did not seem to be conscious of any inconsistency between the chanted psalm and the profane interjections by which it was accompanied; but, even if he had been fully aware of it, he probably would have regarded the chanting as a fair offset to the profanity, and would have gone on his way with serene indifference, fully assured that if he sang a sacred verse every time he swore, his celestial account must necessarily balance!