Originally posted by vinteuil
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True indeed. Right words, wrong work/medium
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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... it is, for me, an "unknown unknown"Originally posted by Caliban View PostTrue indeed. Right words, wrong work/medium
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Still a million miles away lost in Norway or wherever........Comment
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It's reasonably googlable... Put "black swans crows ravens" into the box and see what you getOriginally posted by antongould View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Ted Hughes wrote poems about Crow and Ravens. Arwel Hughes wrote Antiomaros which featured a dazzling white swan.Comment
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Doubtless true, but wholly irrelevantOriginally posted by cloughie View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Thanks for your usual encouragement Cali!Originally posted by Caliban View PostDoubtless true, but wholly irrelevant
Has it got anything to do with Kalevala?Comment
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Huh, all I can find is HalvorsenOriginally posted by Caliban View PostIt's reasonably googlable...
Pacta sunt servanda !!!Comment
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Rabnabryllaup uti Kraakjalund as I always say
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...and where are the cygnets and corbos?Originally posted by Flay View PostHuh, all I can find is Halvorsen
did strike me the Nowegian could be thevforename Henrik or something like!Comment
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Rabnabryllaup uti Kraakjalund (Wedding of Ravens in the Grove of the Crows)Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Sorte Svaner (Black Swans)
And if you want another wedding there's Bryllupsmarsch (Wedding March) for violin and orchestra, Op. 32 No. 1
Is down for the next one I suspect, Herr Calibs?Pacta sunt servanda !!!Comment
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I'm amazed Flay - I looked down the list of compositions and saw little bird-life or water-fowl!Originally posted by Flay View PostRabnabryllaup uti Kraakjalund (Wedding of Ravens in the Grove of the Crows)
Sorte Svaner (Black Swans)
And if you want another wedding there's Bryllupsmarsch (Wedding March) for violin and orchestra, Op. 32 No. 1
Is down for the next one I suspect, Herr Calibs?Comment
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The Wiki entry isn't all translated into English but Googling got it for me. Sorry if I pipped you off....Originally posted by cloughie View Post
Pacta sunt servanda !!!Comment
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