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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
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.
Hear Everything and judge for yourself
Hear Everything and judge for yourself
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything read more
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?
Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.
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.