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Poems Of John Dryden: Song For St. Cecilia's Day

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Dryden, John

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Song For St. Cecilia's Day

From Harmony, from heavenly Harmony This universal frame began: When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, 'Arise, ye more than dead!' Then cold, and hot, and moist, and dry In order to their stations leap, And Music's power obey.

From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.

What passion cannot Music raise and quell? When Jubal struck the chorded shell ...

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