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Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Went in at the one eare and out at the other.
Went in at the one eare and out at the other.
Such an exploit have I in hand, Ligarius,
Had you a healthful ear to hear of it.
Such an exploit have I in hand, Ligarius,
Had you a healthful ear to hear of it.
None so deaf as those who will not hear.
None so deaf as those who will not hear.
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
He ne'er presumed to make an error clearer;--
In short, there never was a better hearer.
He ne'er presumed to make an error clearer;--
In short, there never was a better hearer.
Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.
Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
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.