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Wind harp   /wɪnd hɑrp/   Listen
Wind harp

noun
1.
A harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them.  Synonyms: aeolian harp, aeolian lyre.






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... of Wordsworth's nature poetry. If we search now for his philosophy of human life, we shall find four more doctrines, which rest upon his basal conception that man is not apart from nature, but is the very "life of her life." (1) In childhood man is sensitive as a wind harp to all natural influences; he is an epitome of the gladness and beauty of the world. Wordsworth explains this gladness and this sensitiveness to nature by the doctrine that the child comes straight from the ...
— English Literature - Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World • William J. Long



Words linked to "Wind harp" :   aeolian harp, aeolian lyre, harp



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