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...ndicate that this is a Dancing Song or a Quick Dance. The references to turning in the last two lines have been identified as dance instructions. The melody was used by Aaron Copeland as the basis for Appalachian Spring. (summary by Wikipedia and David Lawrence)...

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...us or perhaps moving, but most probably - baffling. Are you getting tired of every poem being the same? Are you not fed up with listening to the same melody in every song? In short (TL;DR) – “Why, Rules” consists of 14 themes, structures, or ideas, overused in poetry, which are viewed with a cynical eye and ridiculed for their predictability. Each “rant” is formed as a sho...

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... When the days are long, in May, Quan lo rius de la fontana When the sweet fountain’s stream No sap chanter qui so no di No one can sing where no melody is, Marcabru (fl. 1130-1150) A la fontana del vergier In an orchard down by the stream, Cercamon (fl. c.1137-1152) Quant l’aura doussa s’amarzis When the sweet air turns bitter, Rigaut de Berbezilh (fl.1140-1163...

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...gh this structure is also seen in more traditional chants, the presentation of these mele were as songs. Like other songbook collections of the era, melody lines aren't included in the text, but melodies were published elsewhere for some songs included here, and other unpublished melodies were widely known and sung at the turn of the century. While these texts are unders...

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... shall enlighten her fortunate spirit. 20 Her way is like that of a sweet melody, to anything that breathes the air taken from the heights of heaven.... ... name of heaven and earth. The gateway to the music of the spheres and the melody of the stars. Her passion is the most mindful to the soul. And all t... ...g to you, the keys of my heart that slowly awaken your beauty like a sweet melody, a beauty as glorious as the sun that it brings a tear to my eye. A ...

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...s a dream passing among the stars. Dancers are passing arm in arm with a melody. Under its wings, the royal eagle is gathering the air with unfolde...

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...d into the marriage of two hearts. 109 Exalted Kingdoms are the keys of her melody, I entreat her heart with my love song. Princes came as far as Fra...

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... Thus I left you and thus, again, I breathe you in, like a dream fading into melody, like a void without light and poetry... “No, no you’r...

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...hing exists exoept himself. But all else lives in his light. Just as the melody is not made up of notes nor the verse of words nor the statue of li...

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... talent and who has studied at length would be able to pull out a theme, a melody or a symphony. If we want to, we can imagine our lives like a m... ... talent and who has studied at length would be able to pull out a theme, a melody or a symphony. If we want to, we can imagine that our lives are...

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...rked on a monotonous Moroccan tune, until my tears subsided and, enraptured by the distant melody, I fell silent. I joined him in a seamless medley...

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...len’s eye. Her blood froze; the head of a cobra rose amidst the blooms and started to sway to the melody of the pipe. Then she remembered where she ...

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...the extent that each and everyone cries because of the suffering that the melody expresses, it is then called “a tune,” and everyone loves to hear i...

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...ding, a Kabbalist can reproduce that feeling, just as a musician reproduces a melody. One does not need words in order to understand the language of...

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...s in 1902, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá wrote: “All poems shall be forgotten in the course of time save those that are extraordinary. Thy poems shall be chanted with melody and best voices in the center of Worship (Mashriqu'l-Adhkár) forevermore.” In one Tablet, He referred to her as “Thou bird of pleasing tones” and in another as “Thou eloquent and expressive poetess”. On the 15th of Apr...

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...M O D E S T With the shame Shamelessness U N D E C I D E D Fighting Himself J A Z Z ( I ) Melodious Anarchy J A Z Z ( I I ) Anarchic Melody...

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...d above its cradles. The music of Beethoven and Mozart, of Mendelssohn and Schumann may perish, but so long as mothers sing their babies to sleep the melody of cradle lullabies will remain. Of all English and American writers the one who sang most often and most exquisitely these cradle songs was Eugene Field, the children's poet. His verses not only have charm as poetry, ...

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...ity. The introduction to the mathematical, physical, chemical and biological sciences felt like reading a beautiful poem or listening to a romantic melody. In essence, it was truly a joyful experience, full of the enigmatic, the mysterious and the fantastic, beyond my wildest imagination. The words used in the title of this book, were carefully chosen to represent its ...