Ascending Melodic Minor

Famous quotes containing the words ascending, melodic and/or minor:

    “It is the most enduring quality, and the most ascending quality.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Whose starward eye
    Saw chariot “swing low”? And who was he
    That breathed that comforting, melodic sigh,
    “Nobody knows de trouble I see”?”
    —James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)

    “A certain minor light may still
    Leap incandescent

    Out of kitchen table or chair
    As if a celestial burning took
    Possession of the most obtuse objects now and then—”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)