 | The triumph of music |  |
Now with benevolence, whose soft controul
Lightens the gloomy burthen on his soul,
Manfredi, grown more cheerfully benign,
New decoration adds to Pity's Shrine.
Near to the marble, with her image grac'd,
An organ of unrivall'd powers he plac'd,
Of tones most ravishing, thro' all the range
Of varying stops, and sweet in every change;
This to his tuneful friends his care devotes;
Here piety may guide their blended notes,
Permitting him, secluded from their sight,
To share invisibly the sacred rite,
Whether they bless their God, in morning's blaze,
Or make sweet evening sweeter by his praise.
He mark'd the hours, when from his loftier home
To this harmonious prayer-devoted dome
He wish'd to pass, unnotic'd!—this request
His tender friends with lively hope imprest;
For gratefully obedient, by degrees
They sought to lure his mind to social ease;
That hope enliven'd many a serious hour;
Unconscious, as they are, that stronger power,
Than powers of harmony, the most resin'd,
Must heal, (if aught can heal) his wounded mind.
Lightens the gloomy burthen on his soul,
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New decoration adds to Pity's Shrine.
Near to the marble, with her image grac'd,
An organ of unrivall'd powers he plac'd,
Of tones most ravishing, thro' all the range
Of varying stops, and sweet in every change;
This to his tuneful friends his care devotes;
Here piety may guide their blended notes,
Permitting him, secluded from their sight,
To share invisibly the sacred rite,
Whether they bless their God, in morning's blaze,
Or make sweet evening sweeter by his praise.
He mark'd the hours, when from his loftier home
To this harmonious prayer-devoted dome
He wish'd to pass, unnotic'd!—this request
His tender friends with lively hope imprest;
For gratefully obedient, by degrees
They sought to lure his mind to social ease;
That hope enliven'd many a serious hour;
Unconscious, as they are, that stronger power,
Than powers of harmony, the most resin'd,
Must heal, (if aught can heal) his wounded mind.
| The triumph of music | |