Some grounds which I saw on my journey, with water Purling, meandering, and occasionally dashing down a steep declivity, or winding along a more gentle descent, as it happened to be, suggested an idea to me.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
Our lodging, says J.Y., is situated amid scenery the most romantic: high-planted rocks, deep glens, and Purling streams.
"Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel"
John Yeardley
With all our advance it is impossible to resist the freshness of "With verdure clad," and the tender charm of such settings as that of "Softly Purling, glides on, thro' silent vales, the limpid brook."
"Haydn"
J. Cuthbert Hadden