Whistlecraft

His fugitive lyrics and arabesque romances, half sardonic and half sentimental, published with Hookham Frere's "Whistlecraft" and Macaulay's Roundhead

International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Various

Whether he divined the identity of "Whistlecraft" from the first, or whether his guess was an after-thought, he did not hesitate to take the water and shoot ahead of his unsuspecting rival.

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

[3] [The whole poem of 'Whistlecraft' has since been republished in the collected works of the Right Hon.

The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Volume 1 (of 3) Charles Greville 1829

Murray sent out to Venice was a copy of Hookham Frere's _Whistlecraft_.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

The success of _Beppo_ and a growing sense that "the excellent manner of _Whistlecraft_" was the manner for him, led him to study Frere's masters and models, Berni and Pulci.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

Yet so it is, for the poet, having become enamoured of the metre after reading Frere's clever satire, _Whistlecraft_, ever afterwards had a peculiar fondness for it.

English Satires Various 1885

Whistlecraft metre, although Byron could manage it with point and spirit, has never produced more than insipid _pastiche_ in later hands.

Studies in Literature and History Alfred Comyn Lyall 1873

_Whistlecraft_ has shown that he had a true relish for them, and has successfully tried his hand, observing at the same time:

Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852

I could have sworn that Beppo was founded on Whistlecraft, as both were on Anthony Hall, [100] who, like Beppo, had more wit than grace.

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) 1824

It is the parent, not only of Whistlecraft, but of all jocose Italian poetry.

Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815