Hymn Melody

Famous quotes containing the words hymn and/or melody:

“Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.”
—Maria Mitchell (1818–1889)

“A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds; his auditors are as men entranced by the melody of an unseen musician, who feel that they are moved and softened, yet know not whence or why.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)