Harp
A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.
A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
A grain sieve.
To play on the harp.
To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon.
To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
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Harp Quotations
I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
Zora Neale Hurston
Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.
Diogenes
And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
Petrarch
Then I started checking out blues albums from the library and playing the harp along with them.
John Goodman
I recorded harp first or singing first. I recorded it all together. Part of the reason is that I don't know how to play the songs without also singing. I forget how they progress. I don't think that any of them are verse, chorus, verse, and so on. They are not simple.
Joanna Newsom
It's totally different. I usually don't tell people about the Pleased if they know me from the harp. And if they are there to see the Pleased, I usually don't tell them about the harp. I am nervous that these people will expect something similar.
Joanna Newsom
I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes.
Joanna Newsom
I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp.
Joanna Newsom
I've played everything but a harp.
Hattie McDaniel
I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.
Joanna Newsom
I live again the days and evenings of my long career. I dream at night of operas and concerts in which I have had my share of success. Now like the old Irish minstrel, I have hung up my harp because my songs are all sung.
John McCormack
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Harp Translations
harp in Dutch is harp
harp in French is harpe
harp in German is Harfe
harp in Italian is arpa
harp in Norwegian is harpe
harp in Spanish is arpa
harp in Swedish is harpa
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