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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Harp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harped p. pr. & vb. n. Harping.]
 1. To play on the harp.
    I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps.   --Rev. xiv. 2.
 2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon. Harpings upon old themes.”
 Harping on what I am,
 Not what he knew I was.   --Shak.
 To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Colloq.]