It was something resembling the thin, metallic notes of a reed pipe.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
A third time Glenning struck, and his fist caught Marston over the eye, crumpling him on the grass like a thing of reed.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
They sang in full chorus with a reed piping between each line, liquid quiet music; who was it said-like the sound of grass growing?
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch