Rosamond thought that no one could be more in love than she was; and Lydgate thought that after all his wild mistakes and absurd credulity, he had found perfect womanhood—felt as if already breathed upon by exquisite wedded affection such as would be bestowed by an accomplished creature who venerated his high musings and momentous labors and would never interfere with them; who would create order in the home and accounts with still magic, yet keep her fingers ready to touch the lute and transfor
Not tables, toilettes, wardrobes, or drawers, but on one side perhaps the remains of a broken lute, on the other a ponderous chest which no efforts can open, and over the fireplace the portrait of some handsome warrior, whose features will so incomprehensibly strike you, that you will not be able to withdraw your eyes from it.
The chain I gave was fair to view, , The lute I added sweet in sound; ; The heart that offer'd both was true, , And ill deserved the fate it found.
From that story comes the idiom "Play the lute to a cow", which implies that someone speaks or writes without considering his audience.
He was, however, of a merry disposition, jumped about, played and had especial pleasure in music, so that he went to a celebrated musician and said, "Teach me thine art, that I may play the lute as well as thou dost.
The chain I gave was fair to view, , The lute I added sweet in sound; ; The heart that offer'd both was true, , And ill deserved the fate it found.
And after it is dried its shape looks like a lute, which is the origin of its name.
I can play the lute, and you can beat the drum.
When to her lute Corinna sings, Her voice revives the leaden strings, And doth in highest notes appear As any challenged echo clear.
Lines When the lamp is shattered, The light in the dust lies dead; When the cloud is scattered, The rainbow's glory is shed; When the lute is broken, Sweet tones are remembered not; When the lips have spoken, Loved accents are soon forgot.
He was, however, of a merry disposition, jumped about, played and had especial pleasure in music, so that he went to a celebrated musician and said, "Teach me thine art, that I may play the lute as well as thou dost.
ON HEARING JUN THE BUDDHIST MONK FROM SHU PLAY HIS LUTE Li Bai The monk from Shu with his green silk lute-case, Walking west down Omei Mountain, Has brought me by one touch of the strings The breath of pines in a thousand valleys.
A Zhao harp has just been laid mute on its phoenix holder, And a Shu lute begins to sound its mandarin-duck strings.
For all we had drunk we felt no joy and were parting from each other, When the river widened mysteriously toward the full moon -- We had heard a sudden sound, a lute across the water.
A LUTE SONG Li Qi Our host, providing abundant wine to make the night mellow, Asks his guest from Yangzhou to play for us on the lute.
" Scheih Ibrahim immediately took a lute from a cup-board and gave it to the Persian, who began to play on it, singing the while with such skill and taste that the Caliph was enchanted.
At these words Amina fetched a lute from a case of yellow satin and gave it to Sadie, who sang several songs to its accompaniment.
I will play the lute, and you shall beat the kettledrum.
He was, however, of a merry disposition, jumped about, played and had especial pleasure in music, so that he went to a celebrated musician and said, "Teach me thine art, that I may play the lute as well as thou dost.
She can speak Latin and Greek, sing in Italian to her lute, and talk about the Pope and Martin Luther.
