— Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
„Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.“
— Epiktet
Book I, ch. 16.
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— Max Ernst German painter, sculptor and graphic artist 1891 - 1976
text of Max Ernst's poem 'First Memorable Conversation with the Chimera', in the journal 'VVV', no. 1. New York, June 1942, p. 17
1936 - 1950
„I will make thee think thy swan a crow.“
— William Shakespeare, buch Romeo und Julia
Quelle: Romeo and Juliet
„Let the long contention cease!
Geese are swans, and swans are geese.“
— Matthew Arnold, The Last Word
St. 2
The Last Word (1867)
— Sören Kierkegaard Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism 1813 - 1855
Quelle: The Present Age
„I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep.“
— James Elroy Flecker Poet 1884 - 1915
The Old Ships (l. 1)
— Max Ernst German painter, sculptor and graphic artist 1891 - 1976
1910 - 1935, The mysteries of the forest' (1934)
„Swans sing before they die— 't were no bad thing
Should certain persons die before they sing.“
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge English poet, literary critic and philosopher 1772 - 1834
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning English poet, author 1806 - 1861
Bianca Among the Nightingales http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=3035&poem=127031, st. 1 (1862).
— Plutarch ancient Greek historian and philosopher 46 - 127
Life of Agesilaus II
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
„There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.“
— Dejan Stojanovic poet, writer, and businessman 1959
Dancing of Sounds http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21378/Dancing_of_Sounds
From the poems written in English
— Kenneth Clark Art historian, broadcaster and museum director 1903 - 1983
Quelle: Civilisation (1969), Ch. 13: Heroic Materialism
— Gil Vicente Portuguese writer 1456 - 1536
En la huerta nasce la rosa:
quiérome ir allá
por mirar al ruiseñor cómo cantavá.
En la huerta nace la rosa — "The Nightingale", as translated by John Bowring in Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain (1824), p. 316
— Mervyn Peake English writer, artist, poet and illustrator 1911 - 1968
Poem O'er seas that have no beaches
— Maxim Gorky Russian and Soviet writer 1868 - 1936
Foma Gordeyev (1899) [also translated as The Man Who Was Afraid; the English music group Led Zeppelin would later name their record label "Swan Song".
Kontext: There's a little book I'm thinking of writing — "Swan Song" is what I shall call it. The song of the dying. And my book will be incense burnt at the deathbed of this society, damned with the damnation of its own impotence.
— Tom Springfield English musician, songwriter and record producer 1934
Song Morning Please Don't Come.
