make melody

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"You must marry some one who can sing with you," said he to Edward; "it would be a pity to have a wife who could not make melody along with you."

From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. by Auerbach, Berthold

Sarah, never did you make melody like that, decent New Englander that you are!

From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort

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

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

We live in vocal times, when small birds make melody on every bough.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine