"Zither" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... were passed pleasantly and quietly. The countess would read aloud or would play on the zither, with which instrument she would accompany herself while she sang. Thekla would sit at her embroidery and would chat merrily to Malcolm, and ask many questions about Scotland and the life which the ladies led in that, as she asserted, "cold ...
— The Lion of the North • G.A. Henty
... the sky is serene how gently it flows, And its zither unseen ceaselessly plays; But when the rains fall a torrent it goes Boiling and foaming through the rocky close, Roaring uncheck'd to the ...
— Lineage, Life, and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot • Austin Craig
... downstair room there came the twang of cousin Sadako's koto, a kind of zither instrument, upon which she played interminable melancholy sonatas of liquid, detached notes, like desultory thoughts against a background of silence. There was no accompaniment to this music and no song to chime with it; for, as the Japanese say, the accompaniment for koto ...
— Kimono • John Paris
... in German, and he accompanied himself on a zither. He had an excellent baritone voice, and the ballad, simple and unfinished, became a tragic scena from his skill in repeating some ...
— The Son of Clemenceau • Alexandre (fils) Dumas
... are quite right; I had forgotten the tools would bring money; but you must excuse me if I do not decide till to-morrow, for my boy here has set his heart on being a guitar and zither maker, like his poor father, and always fancies he would ...
— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 • Various
... St., N.Y. city, a lot of boys weekly papers and other reading matter, for some musical instrument in good condition (zither preferred). ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls - Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 • Various
... zither," retorted the chairman, waxing mildly indignant; he meant zithern, but he called it a zither. "A hinstrument well-known to anybody as 'as ...
— John Ingerfield and Other Stories • Jerome K. Jerome |
