“O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray
Warbl'st at eve, when all the woods are still.”
John Milton (1608–1674) English epic poet
Sonnet, To the Nightingale (c. 1637)
“We lack but open eye and ear
To find the Orient's marvels here;
The still small voice in autumn's hush,
Yon maple wood the burning bush.”
The Chapel of the Hermits; comparable to Mrs. Browning, Aurora Leigh, Book vii
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“now the ears of my ears awake and
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“Star of resplendent front! Thy glorious eye
Shines on me still from out yon clouded sky.”
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Arcturus (To Edgar Allan Poe).
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Heber J. Grant (1856–1945) President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Grant (1937) "The Path of Safety," Improvement Era, Dec. 1937, 735.; Cited in " Heber J. Grant, Served 1918–1945 http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/presidents/controllers/potcController.jsp?leader=7&topic=quotes" on ids.org
“The still small voice is wanted.”
Source: The Task (1785), Book V, The Winter Morning Walk, Line 685.
