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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on,— Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on,— Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone.
Approximate author period: c. 1808 AD · industrial
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- John Keats
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- Approximate author period: c. 1808 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Ode on a Grecian Urn.
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