The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,

Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.

Robert Blair (1699-1747): The Grave. Part i. Line 58.

Charm'd with the foolish whistling of a name.

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667): Virgil, Georgics. Book ii. Line 72.

If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shin'd,

The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind!

Or ravish'd with the whistling of a name,

See Cromwell, damn'd to everlasting fame!

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Essay on Man. Epistle iv. Line 281.

Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.

John Dryden (1631-1701): Amphitryon. Act iii. Sc. 1.