The soul of music slumbers in the shell,
Till wak'd and kindled by the master's spell,
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The soul of music slumbers in the shell,
Till wak'd and kindled by the master's spell,
And feeling hearts touch them but lightly--pour
A thousand melodies unheard before!

The wealth of rich feelings--the deep--the pure;
With strength to meet sorrow, and faith to endure.

The wealth of rich feelings--the deep--the pure;
With strength to meet sorrow, and faith to endure.

You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling.
[Ger., Wenn ihr's nicht fuhlt ihr werdet's nicht erjagen.]

You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling.
[Ger., Wenn ihr's nicht fuhlt ihr werdet's nicht erjagen.]

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Thought is deeper than all speech,
Feeling deeper than all thought;
Souls to souls can never teach
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Thought is deeper than all speech,
Feeling deeper than all thought;
Souls to souls can never teach
What unto themselves was taught.

The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of
mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of read more

The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of
mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of finding an idea.

Sensations sweet,
Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart.

Sensations sweet,
Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart.

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which read more

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.