Tuned Major Thirds

Famous quotes containing the words tuned and/or major:

    “Pitiless verse? A few words tuned
    And tuned and tuned and tuned.
    It is good.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Uncle Ben’s brass bullet-mould
    And powder horn, and Major Bogan’s face
    Above the fire, in the half-light, plainly said
    There’s naught to kill but the animated dead;”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)