Yet half the beast is the great god Pan,
To laugh, as he sits by the river,
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Yet half the beast is the great god Pan,
To laugh, as he sits by the river,
Making a poet out of a man.
The true gods sigh for the cost and the pain--
For the reed that grows never more again
As a reed with the reeds of the river.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

[T]he music's pure algebra of enchantment.

[T]he music's pure algebra of enchantment.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Rugged the breast that music cannot tame.

Rugged the breast that music cannot tame.

And sure there is music even in the beauty, and the silent note
which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than read more

And sure there is music even in the beauty, and the silent note
which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument;
for there is music wherever there is harmony, order, or
proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the
spheres.

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long read more

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.