I was all eagerness, and presently he was absently Preluding at my piano.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
The pianist was Preluding.
"Aurora the Magnificent"
Gertrude Hall
Beneath the sky's triumphal arch This music sounded like a march, And with its chorus seemed to be Preluding some great tragedy.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow