Singing Chant

Famous quotes containing the words singing and/or chant:

    “The cuckoo is a lazy bird,
    She never builds a nest,
    She makes herself busy
    By singing to the rest.”
    —Unknown. The Cuckoo (l. 9–12)

    “Pan’s Syrinx was a girl indeed,
    Though now she’s turned into a reed;
    From that dear reed Pan’s pipe does come,
    A pipe that strikes Apollo dumb;
    Nor flute, nor lute, nor gittern can
    So chant it, as the pipe of Pan;”
    —John Lyly (1553–1606)