lyre

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1. lyre - Noun

2. lyre - Verb

Meaning

A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.

One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.

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A musician would not willingly consent that his lyre should be out of tune, nor a leader of a chorus that his chorus should not sing in the strictest possible harmony; but shall each individual person be at variance with himself, and shall he exhibit a life not at all in agreement with his words? Basil of Caesarea

We shall march prospering,not thro' his presence Songs may inspirit us,not from his lyre Deeds will be done,while he boasts his quiescence, Still bidding crouch whom the rest bade aspire. Robert Browning

If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt, and he where I, He might not sing so wildly well A mortal melody, While a bolder note than this might swell From my lyre within the sky. Edgar Allan Poe

Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. Thomas Gray

Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. Thomas Gray

All the world is made of music. We are all strings on a lyre. We resonate. We sing together. Joe Hill

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