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/mjˈuzɪk əv ðə sfɪrz/ Listen

Music of the spheres

noun

An inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial.

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"Music of the spheres" Quotes from Famous Books

... know one Peter Bell, you know three Peter Bells; they are not one, but three; not three, but one. An awful mystery, which, after having caused torrents of blood, and having been hymned by groans enough to deafen the music of the spheres, is at length illustrated to the satisfaction of all parties in the theological world, by the nature of ...

— Peter Bell the Third • Percy Bysshe Shelley

... pilgrims without tears, Who prayed a largess where there was no dearth, Forgive it to their human-happy ears: Forgive it them, brown music of the Earth, Unknowing, — though the wiser silence knew! Forgive it to the music of the spheres That while they walked together so, the Two ...

— The Little Book of Modern Verse • Jessie B. Rittenhouse

... friend's loss, and afterwards in the theatre he expressed his sympathy in such kind and delicate lines, whilst tears of genuine feeling stood in his eyes, that his friend was obliged to admit, "This music of the spheres, which I had heard at least a dozen times before, exerted a greater power over me than all the dictates of reason ...

— Weird Tales, Vol. II. • E. T. A. Hoffmann

... so devoid of spiritual perception that he could get no glimpse of a God in a "world full of sin and misery." This proves nothing as to the universe. It only shows how unhappily one great man has missed the music of the spheres, and failed to catch ...

— The Education of American Girls • Anna Callender Brackett

... other passages from literature which suggest the "music of the spheres," for example: Dryden's Song for Saint Cecilia's Day, The Moonlight Scene from The Merchant of ...

— The Ontario High School Reader • A.E. Marty

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