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His voice was intimate as the rustle of sheets.
His voice was intimate as the rustle of sheets.
 And after the earthquake was a fire; but the Lord was not in the 
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 And after the earthquake was a fire; but the Lord was not in the 
fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 
 He ceased; but still their trembling ears retained
 The deep vibrations of his witching song.  
 He ceased; but still their trembling ears retained
 The deep vibrations of his witching song. 
 I thank you for your voices, thank you!
 Your most sweet voices! Now you have left your voices,
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 I thank you for your voices, thank you!
 Your most sweet voices! Now you have left your voices,
  I have no further with you. 
 How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman!
 It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,
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 How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman!
 It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,
  It ravishes all senses. 
 The voice is nothing but beaten air.
 [Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.]  
 The voice is nothing but beaten air.
 [Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.] 
 Her voice was ever soft,
 Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.  
 Her voice was ever soft,
 Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman. 
 The devil hath not, in all his quiver's choice,
 An arrow for the heart like a sweet voice.  
 The devil hath not, in all his quiver's choice,
 An arrow for the heart like a sweet voice. 
It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is obliged to respect the voice read more
It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is obliged to respect the voice of the weakest.