That sullen plash found an echo in the hearts of all present.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
Una sat like the dream-maiden in the ballad, deaf to all but the plash of the oars and the music of the birds.
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice
Not that it wanted additions, for to sit there in the shade, listening to the plash of oars and the musical ripple of the clear water against the sides of the boat, while the ever-changing panorama of green trees waving, rich bright blossoms, with now and then a glimpse of purple mountain and pale blue hazy hill, was sufficiently interesting to gratify the most exacting mind.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn