| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Music | | By William Strode (1602–1645) |
| | | WHEN whispering strains with weeping wind | |
| Distil soft passions through the heart; | |
| And when at every touch we find | |
| Our pulses beat and bear a part | |
| When threads can make | 5 |
| A heart-string ache, | |
| Philosophy | |
| Can scarce deny | |
| Our souls are made of harmony. | |
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| When unto heavenly joys we faine | 10 |
| Whate’er the soul affecteth most, | |
| Which only thus we can explain | |
| By music of the heavenly host; | |
| Whose lays we think | |
| Make stars to wink, | 15 |
| Philosophy | |
| Can scarce deny | |
| Our souls consist of harmony. | |
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| O, lull me, lull me, charming air! | |
| My senses rock with wonder sweet; | 20 |
| Like snow on wool thy fallings are; | |
| Soft like a spirit’s are thy feet! | |
| Grief who needs fear | |
| That hath an ear? | |
| Down let him lie, | 25 |
| And slumbering die, | |
| And change his soul for harmony. | | | | |
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