But the voice, "which was the best at a barcarole of any in Naples," had raised a very few love notes, when a rough voice exclaims: "'What dost thou here, spurious offspring of sacrilege?
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
It was plain enough the letter was no pleasant one, and I expected to have heard her sigh perhaps, or at least show some sign of depression; but no, she went on calmly, and at last began to sing, in a low, faint voice, barely audible where I stood, one of her little barcarole songs she is so fond of; and if there was no sorrow in her own heart, by Jove!
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
She sang one bewitching barcarole that set the house in rocking motion.
"Vittoria, v4"
George Meredith