Brooks Quote by John Keble

And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced choir below, In service high,…

— John Milton

Your body is the harp of your soul and it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds.

— Khalil Gibran

“It was a tender and heart-dissolving prayer, full of sorrow, yet so imbued with celestial hopes, that the music of a heavenly harp, swept…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fairies, arouse! Mix with your song Harplet and pipe, Thrilling and clear, Swarm on the boughs! Chant in a throng! Morning is ripe, Waiting…

— William Allingham

“Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through me?”

— Khalil Gibran

“Whilst I stood, a solemn wind began to blow—the most mournful that ear ever heard. Mournful! That is saying nothing. It was a wind…

— Thomas de Quincey

“What whispers from the center of the soul is an innocence—so loving, so pure, so divine—that the sage bows and the wise man weeps…

— Heather K. O'Hara

There's something fundamental to the harp that has retained its appeal my whole life. It's an instrument I am just in love with.

— Joanna Newsom

There is eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them, which by…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you now to know with which ear you'll listen.”

— Ray Bradbury

Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through me? A…

— Khalil Gibran

How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear In cadence sweet; now dying all away, Now pealing loud…

— William Cowper