Miller wrote: “To hear the sad sweet strains of a harp, denotes the sad ending to what seems a pleasing and profitable…” Compare 4 historical dream books.
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Harp · Heading 938; source lines 10926–10937 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To hear the sad sweet strains of a harp, denotes the sad ending to what seems a pleasing and profitable enterprise.
To see a broken harp, betokens illness, or broken troth between lovers.
To play a harp yourself, signifies that your nature is too trusting, and you should be more careful in placing your confidence as well as love matters.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Harp · Heading 336; source line 2481 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you play upon the harp, indicates that you have some envious enemies who seek to injure you with slander. To dream you hear any person play upon the harp, is a sign that if you have sick friends they will recover. In love affairs this dream is very lucky.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Harp · Dream section, heading 205; source lines 4345–4347 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a harp means the death of a dear one.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Harp · Printed p. 221; NLM OCR lines 10238–10239 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A cure for madness (Gypsy). Ancient symbolism.
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