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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear’d,
Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone
John Keats1795–1821Ode on a Grecian Urn (1820)In context
- Art
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882The Arrow and the Song (1845)In context
- Friendship
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells
Edgar Allan Poe1809–1849The Bells (1849)In context
That’s the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over
Lest you should think he never could recapture
The first fine careless rapture!
Robert Browning1812–1889Home-Thoughts, from Abroad (1845)In context
- Nature
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance?
W. B. Yeats1865–1939Among School Children (1927)In context
- Art
- Dancing
Human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to move the stars.
Gustave Flaubert1821–1880Madame Bovary (1857), Part II, Chapter TwelveIn context
- Talking
They dinèd on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
Edward Lear1812–1888The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (1870)In context
- Dancing
- Food
When you do dance, I wish you
A wave o’ th’ sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that
William Shakespeare1564–1616The Winter’s Tale (c. 1611), Act IV, Scene IV, spoken by FlorizelIn context
- Dancing
- Love
The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected.
E. M. Forster1879–1970A Room with a View (1908), Part One, Chapter IIIIn context