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... appeared to be a man of distinction) had their hair cropped short. I noticed while the head was burning that the old women of the tribe sat on the ground, forming a large circle, inside of which another circle of young girls were formed standing and swaying their bodies to and fro and singing a mournful ditty. This was the only burial of a male that I witnessed. The custom of burying females is very different, their bodies being wrapped or bundled up in skins and laid away in caves, with their valuables, and in some cases ...

— An introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians • H. C. Yarrow

... eyes to much that is . artificial in his poetry, where the writer is merely imitating himself and singing on in the old strain, we cannot fail to admire the marvelous abundance of pictures of the inmost soul — descriptions of moments of joy and sorrow which must have been thoroughly his own, since no one before him gives us anything ...

— The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy • Jacob Burckhardt

... Sample of Consistency, A Singing-Birds and their Songs, The Songs of the Sea Subjective ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. II, No. 8, June 1858 • Various

... genesis and destiny of music, an art originally closely intertwined with the dance. The same explosive forces that agitate the limbs loosen the voice; hand, foot, and throat mark their wild rhythm together. Birds probably enjoy the pulsation of their singing rather than its sound. Even human music is performed long before it is listened to, and is at first no more an art than sighing. The original emotions connected with it are felt by participation in the performance—a participation which can become ideal ...

— The Life of Reason • George Santayana

... of singing was heard from all the camps, and groups were gathered under the shadow of the chestnut trees, where many pairs of government shoes were shuffling to the music of violins. Throughout the limits of the corps, good humor and mirth prevailed; the sick forgot their pains, ...

— Three Years in the Sixth Corps • George T. Stevens

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