“If liberty sang a song, little,as the larynx of a bird,nowhere would there remain a tumbling wall.”
“The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best.”
“The smell of death was thick in the city of Vārāṇasī. And in Tokyo as well. And yet the birds blissfully sang their songs.”
“The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those who sang the best.”
“The British Army and Navy sang a rousing song called "Heart of Oak"; the rebels had writ one to counter it called "The Liberty Song." Both songs blustered of freedom; but both were sung to the same tune.And we, to avoid offense, played the tune without words.”
“And what was the song which she sang? Ah, my little man, I am too old to sing that song, and you too young to understand it.”