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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Browning, Robert

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Abt Vogler

After He Has Been Extemporizing Upon The Musical Instrument Of His Invention

Would that the structure brave, the manifold music I build, Bidding my organ obey, calling its keys to their work, Claiming each slave of the sound, at a touch, as when Solomon willed Armies of angels that soar, legions of demons that lurk, Man, brute, reptile, fly, - alien of end and of aim, Adverse, each from the other heaven - high, hell - deep removed, Should rush into sight at once as he named the ineffable Name, And pile him a palace straight, to pleasure the princess he loved!

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