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Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?
Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?
None so deaf as those who will not hear.
None so deaf as those who will not hear.
He ne'er presumed to make an error clearer;--
In short, there never was a better hearer.
He ne'er presumed to make an error clearer;--
In short, there never was a better hearer.
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.
Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
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.
