Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
St. Cecilia’s DayJohn Dryden (1631–1700)
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This universal frame began:
From harmony to harmony,
Through all the compass of the notes it ran,
The diapason closing full in man.
When Jubal struck the chorded shell,
His listening brethren stood around,
And, wondering, on their faces fell
To worship that celestial sound.
Less than a God they thought there could not dwell
Within the hollow of that shell,
That spoke so sweetly and so well.
What passion cannot Music raise and quell?