The Chancellor makes a sign to the trumpeters, and they blow a signal, which echoes below, then he raises the sword, which a page brings upon a cushion.
"The Three Heron's Feathers"
Hermann Sudermann
Spring's approach has been heralded by its feathered trumpeters, garbed in their sober plumage.
"In the Brooding Wild"
Ridgwell Cullum
In advance are the trumpeters bearing long curved horns, and the led horses of Trajan and his generals.
"Roumania Past and Present"
James Samuelson