_Melody of the Dying Swan_ (Vol. ii., p. 476., footnote; Vol. v., p.
187.).--
"Sed neque Cygni canunt," says Leland, in his _Cygnea Cantio_,
"nisi flante zephyro vento geniali quidem illo, si quicquam Æliani
judicio tribuendum."
In the work itself, which is a poetical panegyric on King Henry VIII.,
the following lines occur:
"Strepitum dedit sonorum
Cygnorum niveus chorus canentûm,
Concussis alacri vigore pennis.
Applausus placuit mihi canorus."
The last line, however, seems only to apply to the applauding sound of
the wings, and not to intimate that any music was produced by them.