[PW] Re: ? "go to the grave with the song still in them"

[Jeanne Schramm]

It appears that both Oliver Wendall Holmes and Benjamin Disraeli are often
quoted as saying,
"Most people will go to their graves with their music still in them [or
their best music still inside them]."
Jeanne Schramm, WLSC, W. Liberty, WV  26074

On 5/2/06, Cramer, Jeff <Jeff.Cramer at walden.org> wrote:
>
> Thoreau is often misquoted. I have recently been challenged by this line
> which has several variants: "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, and
> go the grave with the song still in them." The first half is obviously by
> Thoreau (from Walden) BUT the second half which is appended to the Thoreau
> quotation is not. Does anyone know of a possible source for the second
> half:
> "go to the grave with the song still in them" or something similar? Any
> help would be greatly appreciated. Best, Jeff
>
>
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