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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
Within a bony labrinthean cave,
Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,
This sibyl, sweet, and read more
Within a bony labrinthean cave,
Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,
This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense is found,
Muse, that presides o'er all the Powers of Sound.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.
Went in at the one eare and out at the other.
Went in at the one eare and out at the other.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be
silent, that you may hear.
Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be
silent, that you may hear.
Friends, Romans countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
Friends, Romans countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.
Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.