...made by music prior to this" (V, 8, 1, 31-2; 1, 6, 3. 28-36). Or as Keats puts it, "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/ Are sweeter; therefore,...soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear but more endear'd/Pipe to the spiritual ditties of no sense" ("Ode on a Grecian Um"). Compare l, 6 [1] 3, 28-31:...

...mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? II Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore,...never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love,...

...What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore,...never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love,...

...Defined as such so that Keats might demonstrate how one can possess impossible things: Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore,...more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone. . . . Charmed by his desire for an unknown urn and the music of its images, Keats has only one resource,...

...friend Mallarme who took up the challenge. Chapter 5 On the Evidence of Mallarme's Music Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore,...more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone (...) (Keats, 'Ode on a Grecian Urn") The 1887 edition of Mallarme's Poesies (the only one published...

..."Ode on a Grecian Urn" about the lovers on the urn who, being painted, will never die: Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore,...pipes, play on, Not to the sensual ear, but, more endeared, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave...

...effects a strong contrast. It is much quieter, more contemplative and reflective in tone: Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore,...pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endeared, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone. (11. 11-14) The perspective shifts from the first...

...What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore,...pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endeared, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone. Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave...

...What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter; therefore,...pipes, play on; not to the sensual ear. but, more endeared, pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone. Fairyouth. beneath the trees, thou canst not leave...

...conscious awareness. 'Life is like nothing, because it is everything' William Golding 'Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on' 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' John Keats DREAMING AND TUNING IN The aura which surrounds the body is a reflection...