Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke and it came out to hear.

Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke and it came out to hear.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?

Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?

They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.

They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

Within a bony labrinthean cave,
Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,
This sibyl, sweet, and read more

Within a bony labrinthean cave,
Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,
This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense is found,
Muse, that presides o'er all the Powers of Sound.

Such an exploit have I in hand, Ligarius,
Had you a healthful ear to hear of it.

Such an exploit have I in hand, Ligarius,
Had you a healthful ear to hear of it.

And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.