Philomel is a good one, having had its first live performance in Amherst. From Wordnik.com. [Suffragette City] Reference
I find it speaks well for the world that "Philomel" and a lot of other Babbitt work is on YouTube. From Wordnik.com. [Milton Babbitt RIP] Reference
Here's the start of "Philomel" from 1964, perhaps his best-known work, with a pioneering juxtaposition of synthesizer and human voice. From Wordnik.com. [Milton Babbitt RIP] Reference
"Philomel," which came into the harbour, invited them on board. From Wordnik.com. [Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley] Reference
His friends of the "Philomel" fitted him out also with a new tent, and, on the 20th of. From Wordnik.com. [Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley] Reference
And through those groves wail'd the sweet Philomel. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
Philomel will daign a Song/In her sweetest, saddest plight,/. From Wordnik.com. [Editorial Notes to 'Letter to the Women of England'] Reference
The origin of the allusion is the myth of Philomel who, after her brother-in-law. From Wordnik.com. [Blake & Virtuality: An Exchange] Reference
I was so shocked and disappointed to see Philomel recently decided to publish a book called Otis. From Wordnik.com. [Last Minute Miscellany] Reference
For example, 19 GIRLS AND ME (Philomel) does well here, but sales in Egypt have been very strong. From Wordnik.com. [Frontlist becoming backlist] Reference
Philomel legend as emblematic of a female artistic and political agency that refuses to be silenced. From Wordnik.com. [Blake & Virtuality: An Exchange] Reference
Check out QUAKING by Kathryn Erskine - Philomel - June 2007 - a powerful, positive foster care story. From Wordnik.com. [Books That Deal With Foster Care] Reference
Beside the true Philomel of poetry and romance, the Reed-Thrush and the Woodcock are of this character. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859] Reference
He begins to sing at dusk, and we usually hear his note soon after the Veery, the Philomel of our summer evenings, has become silent. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859] Reference
‘Ah!’ cried the Princess, recognizing the voice of one of her favourites, ‘Philomel, my sweet one, who taught you that new song?’. From Wordnik.com. [The Green Fairy Book] Reference
= Philomel =, daughter of Pandīon, king of Attica. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3] Reference
A hand organ -- Philomel by the grace of our stage carpenter. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Million] Reference
Philomel, in honor of the goddess, warbled with unusual sweetness. From Wordnik.com. [Translations of German Poetry in American Magazines 1741-1810] Reference
'It is presumption to endeavour to rival them even though the heart be torn like that of Philomel.'. From Wordnik.com. [Two Penniless Princesses] Reference
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