Music,the greatest good that mortals know, and all the heaven we have below.
Music exalts each joy,alloys each grief, expels diseases, softens every pain,
subdues the rage of poison and the plague
Who hears music, feels his solitude Peopled at once
Music is well said to be the
speech of angels....
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,To soften rocks or bend a knotted oak.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter: Therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; not the sensual ear,but,more endear'd, pipe to the spirit dutties of no tone. |
