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.

Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke and it came out to hear.

Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke and it came out to hear.

Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

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.

Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not read more

Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]

They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.

They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.

I was all ear,
And took in strains that might create a soul
Under the ribs of read more

I was all ear,
And took in strains that might create a soul
Under the ribs of death.

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.

None so deaf as those who will not hear.

None so deaf as those who will not hear.