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Voice: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
Hence the fool's paradise, the statesman's scheme, The air-built castle, and the golden dream, The maid's romantic wish, the chemist's flame, And poet's vision of eternal fame.— POPE — Dunciad. Bk. III. L. 9.
Our revels now are ended. These, our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air; And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.— Shakespeare — Tempest. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 148.
But shapes that come not at an earthly call, Will not depart when mortal voices bid. V. Fond man! the vision of a moment made! Dream of a dream! and shadow of a shade!— YOUNG — Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job. L. 187.
Her voice changed like a bird's: There grew more of the music, and less of the words.— ROBERT BROWNING — Flight of the Duchess. St. 15.
The devil hath not, in all his quiver's choice, An arrow for the heart like a sweet voice.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto XV. St. 13.
His voice no touch of harmony admits, Irregularly deep, and shrill by fits. The two extremes appear like man and wife Coupled together for the sake of strife.— CHURCHILL — Rosciad. L. 1,003.
The voice of the people is the voice of God. S.— HESIOD — Works and Days. 763.
The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.— BEN JONSON — Eupheme. IV.
Her silver voice Is the rich music of a summer bird, Heard in the still night, with its passionate cadence.— LONGFELLOW — The Spirit of Poetry. L. 55.
Oh, there is something in that voice that reaches The innermost recesses of my spirit!— LONGFELLOW — Christus. Pt. I. The
Divine Tragedy. The First Passover. Pt. VI. Thy voice Is a celestial melody.— LONGFELLOW — Masque of Pandora. Pt. V.
How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks, It ravishes all senses.— MASSINGER — The Old Law. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 34.
The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. VIII. L. 1.
The people's voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.— POPE — To Augustus. Bk. II. Ep. I.
Ep. І. L. 89. W.