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A bird half wakened in the lunar noon
Sang halfway through its little inborn tune. More
A soldier’s a man,
O, man’s life’s but a span,
Why then, let a soldier drink. More
A song is anything that can walk by itself. More
Ah, bird,
our love is never spent
with your clear note. More
Amiens. My voice is ragged, I know I cannot please you.
Jaques. I do not desire you to please... More
And songs climb out of the flames of the near campfires,
Pale, pastel things exquisite in... More
As they wend away
A voice is heard singing
Of Kitty, or Katy,
As if the name meant... More
By measure. It was word and note,
The wind the wind had meant to be
A little through the... More
Come away, come away, death,
And in sad cypress let me be laid.
Fly away, fly away,... More
Come unto these yellow sands,
And then take hands.
Curtsied when you have and... More
Do you hear the wind? It’s not dying,
It’s singing, weaving a song about the president... More
Fear no more the frown o’ th’ great,
Thou art past the tyrant’s stroke;
Care no... More
Guiderius and Arviragus. All lovers young, all
lovers must
Consign to thee and come to... More
Hark, hark, the lark at heaven’s gate sings,
And Phoebus’ gins arise,
His steeds to... More
He has the prettiest love-songs for maids, so without bawdry, which is strange. More
He is dead and gone, lady,
He is dead and gone,
At his head a grass-green turf,
At... More
Heigh-ho, sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly,
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere... More
How should I your true-love know
From another one?
By his cockle hat and staff,
And... More
I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years... More
I framed to the harp
Many an English ditty lovely well. More
I had rather be a kitten and cry mew
Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. More
I have wished a bird would fly away,
And not sing by my house all day.... More
I love a ballad but even too well, if it be doleful matter merrily set down, or a very pleasant... More
I love a ballad in print alife, for then we are sure they are true. More
I shall not sing a May song.
A May song should be gay.
I’ll wait until November
And... More
I think you overestimate our dear Viennese, my friend. Do you know you didn’t even give them a... More
I was gonna call it “I Love You, Samantha” but some old hack got there before me. More
I went out alone
To sing a song or two,
My fancy on a man,
And you know who. More
I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. More
If it do come to pass
That any man turn ass,
Leaving his wealth and ease
A stubborn... More
If with light head erect I sing,
Though all the muses lend their force,
From my poor love... More
If you will let me sing,
That God will be
gracious to each of us. More
In spring more mortal singers than belong
To any one place cover us with song.
Thrush,... More
It is the best of all trades to make songs, and the second best to sing them. More
It should have sung, this “new soul”—and not spoken! More
Jaques. Have you a song, forester, for this purpose?
2nd Lord. Yes, sir.
Jaques. Sing it.... More
Lawn as white as driven snow,
Cyprus black as e’er was crow,
Gloves as sweet as damask... More
Lest all the song notes
pause and break
across a blood-stained throat
gone... More
Let thy song be love. This love will undo us all. More
Love me little, love me long,
Is the burden of my song: More
Make me a willow cabin at your gate,
And call upon my soul within the house;
Write loyal... More
No exorciser harm thee.
Nor no witchcraft charm thee.
Ghost unlaid forbear thee.
... More
O mistress mine, where are you roaming?
O stay and hear, your true love’s coming,
That... More
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song? More
Of all the rides since the birth of time,
Told in story or sung in rhyme,— More
Orpheus with his lute made trees
And the mountain tops that freeze
Bow themselves when he... More
Play it Sam. Play “As Time Goes By.” More
Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of... More
Return our hymn,
like echo fling
a sweet song,
answering note for note. More
Rick: You played it for her, you can play it for me.
Sam: Well, I don’t think I can... More
She will sing the song that pleaseth you,
And on your eyelids crown the god of... More
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on... More
Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And... More
So I cradle this average violin that knows
Only forgotten showtunes, but argues
The... More
Some of us prefer Austrian voices risen in song to ugly German threats. More
Song, let them take it,
For there’s more enterprise
In walking naked. More
Songs to be sung on the other side
of mankind. More
Swans sing before they die—’twere no bad thing
Should certain persons die before they sing. More
Tell me where is fancy bred,
Or in the heart or in the head?
How begot, how... More
That’s the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,
Lest you should think he never could... More
The finch, the sparrow, and the lark,
The plainsong cuckoo grey,
Whose note full many a... More
The ousel cock so black of hue,
With orange-tawny bill,
The throstle with his note so... More
The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree,
Sing all a green willow;
Her hand on her... More
Then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. More
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the... More
This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they... More
To write one song, I said,
As sad as the sad wind
That walks around my bed ... More
Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your... More
Under the greenwood tree
Who loves to lie with me,
And turn his merry note
Unto the... More
Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain’t heard nothing yet. Wait a minute I tell you. You... More
Warble, child, make passionate my sense of hearing. More
Weaving spiders, come not here;
Hence, you longlegged spinners, hence!
Beetles black... More
Well, something for a snowstorm to have shown
The country’s singing strength thus brought... More
What shall he have that killed the deer?
His leather skin and horns to wear.
Then sing... More
When daffodils begin to peer,
With heigh, the doxy over the dale,
Why then comes in the... More
When love speaks, the voice of all the gods
Make heaven drowsy with the harmony. More
When Satan makes impure verses, Allah sends a divine tune to cleanse them. More
Where the bee sucks, there suck I,
In a cowslip’s bell I lie;
There I couch when owls... More
Who doth ambition shun,
And loves to live i’ th’ sun,
Seeking the food he... More
You praised and knew
the song they made was worthless
and the note,
they sung
was... More
You spotted snakes with double tongue,
Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen.
Newts and... More
“A woman has ten claws,”
Sang the drunken boatswain.... More
“Evil men have no songs.”MHow is it then that the Russians have songs? More

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