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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Where more is meant than meets the ear.
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.
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.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
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.
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.
