Now it held for him a variety of desirable things, which to have and to hold he need only make effort; and that effort he was eager to put forth, was now indeed putting forth if he did no more than sit on the steamer's deck, watching green shore and landlocked bays fall astern, feeling the steady throb of her engines, hearing the swish and purl of a cleft sea parting at the bow in white foam, rippling away in a churned wake at her stern.
"The Hidden Places"
Bertrand W. Sinclair
It was at this time that she heard the purl and whisper of running water, a sound dear to the hearts of all travelers.
"Riders of the Silences"
Max Brand
For a moment she heard him among the bushes; then as all sound made by him died away there was only the purl of the creek and the eternal murmur of the pines.
"The Everlasting Whisper"
Jackson Gregory