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 the wine that fills the cup of silence.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.

Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?

Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?

Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.

Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.

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

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

the blackberry bees
reorchestrate their chant.

the blackberry bees
reorchestrate their chant.