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Listening: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

But yet she listen'd-'tis enough- Who listens once will listen twice; Her heart, be sure, is not of ice, And one refusal no rebuff.— BYRON — Mazeppa. St. 6.

He holds him with his glittering eye- * * * * * * And listens like a three years' child.— COLERIDGE — The Ancient Mariner Pt. I. St. 4.

He ceas'd; but left so pleasing on their ear His voice, that list'ning still they seem'd to hear.— HOMER — Odyssey. Bk. XIII. L. 1.

Pope's trans. Listen, every one That listen may, unto a tale That's merrier than the nightingale.— LONGFELLOW — Tales of a Wayside Inn. Pt. III. The Sicilian's Tale..

Interlude Before the Monk of Casal-Maggiore. In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. S.— SCOTT — The Lady of the Lake. Canto I. St. 17.

And this cuff was but to knock at your ear, and beseech listening.— Shakespeare — Taming of the Shrew. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 66.

I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. น.— WORDSWORTH — The Excursion. Bk. IV.