Animals Quote by Ann Wroe

“Orpheus chose to be the leader of mankind. Ah, not even Orpheus had attained such a goal, not even his immortal greatness had justified…

— Hermann Broch

A voice had begun to sing. It was very far away and Digory found it hard to decide from what direction it was coming.…

— Anonymous

Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing; To his music, plants and flowers…

— William Shakespeare

“I was still lost in Orpheus’s song when I sensed that I wasn’t alone. I turned to see Hylas at my back, as fascinated…

— Esther M. Friesner

“Mandelstam was, one is tempted to say, a modern Orpheus: sent to hell, he never returned, while his widow dodged across one-sixth of the…

— Joseph Brodsky

“Music does propagate myths and people have tried to make that myth more than it was.”

— Deborah Curtis

“By the sweet power of music: therefore the poet did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones and floods; since nought so stockish, hard and…

— William Shakespeare

“Orpheus never liked words. He had his music. He would get a funny look on his face and I would say what are you…

— Sarah Ruhl

“His stories were not always new, but there was in the telling of them a special kind of magic. His voice could roll like…

— David Eddings

“And it must have been then, they caught him all unaware, and lured him away with haunting melodies of earth, ancient and long remembered,…

— Rebecca Carson

Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below. Music can noble hints impart, Engender fury, kindle love; 40…

— Joseph Addison

“And following that train of though led him back to Earth, back to the quiet hours in the center of the clear water ringed…

— Orson Scott Card