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There is no index so sure as the voice.
There is no index so sure as the voice.
 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. 
The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in read more
The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.
The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear read more
The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
There is no index of character so sure as the voice.
There is no index of character so sure as the voice.
 The voice so sweet, the words so fair,
 As some soft chime had stroked the air;
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 The voice so sweet, the words so fair,
 As some soft chime had stroked the air;
  And though the sound had parted thence,
   Still left an echo in the sense. 
Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet read more
Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice.
 Thy voice
 Is a celestial melody.  
 Thy voice
 Is a celestial melody. 
 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.]