make melody

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But no concert is complete without singing, and if Jesus plays, must not Céline make melody with her voice?

From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Taylor, Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo)

The magpie-robin or dhayal, who for months past has uttered no sound, save a scolding note when occasion demanded, now begins to make melody.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas

When in thy mother's womb thou west When its birds in the lake make melody vi.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

I can't croak a note and my fingers never would make melody if I tried till I were a hundred.

From Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge by Ginther, Pemberton

Cuckoos are heard calling round about, singing birds make melody, and among them we both recognize the cheery clickety-click of my raisin-loving Herati friends, the bul-buls.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas