berceuse

Example Sentences

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"Impossible!" her vanity made reply, and the berceuse which she was playing assumed the character of a triumphal march.

From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von

Doubtless she knew it too, as she sat there sewing on the frail garment which lay across her knee and singing blithely under her breath some air with cadence like a berceuse.

From Athalie by Craig, Frank

Dear Magelone," he said, going to the piano,—the berceuse was just ended, and Otto was expressing his admiration for the music and for the performer,—"dear Magelone, will you preside at the coffee-table to-day?

From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von

As she passed each corpse she knelt beside it and sang the foolish little berceuse that Poitou mothers sing to their babies.

From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth

The plaintive melody of the berceuse rang in her ears on duty and off, till at last she could stand it no longer.

From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth