John Ruskin - When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera.....

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera.. And it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am happy, a sparrow's chirp is delicious to me. But it is not the chirp that makes me happy, but I that make it sweet.

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When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera.. And it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am happy, a sparrow's chirp is delicious to me. But it is not the chirp that makes me happy, but I that make it sweet.

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