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ON A Concert of MUSIC.
The various Concert is begun! attend;
Hark! how the rising Sounds the Thoughts unbend.
Hark! how the rising Sounds the Thoughts unbend.
Now! Slow Adagio dwells upon the Strings,
And lengthens out the solemn Joy it brings.
Now! Brisk Allegro's livelier Notes controul
The Hurried Spirits, and ingage the Soul.
And lengthens out the solemn Joy it brings.
Now! Brisk Allegro's livelier Notes controul
The Hurried Spirits, and ingage the Soul.
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O! Heavenly Art; whose Magic Force inspires
Such gentle Raptures! and such soft Desires!
A Thousand Pleasures round our Bosoms move,
Of all those Pleasures, far, the sweetest Love!
Such gentle Raptures! and such soft Desires!
A Thousand Pleasures round our Bosoms move,
Of all those Pleasures, far, the sweetest Love!
But! stop the Notes, nor touch the trembling Strings.
Let the whole Concert fall; Belinda Sings.
Art frames, in vain, the Chords, in vain the Bow
The Life of Music we to Nature owe.
Let the whole Concert fall; Belinda Sings.
Art frames, in vain, the Chords, in vain the Bow
The Life of Music we to Nature owe.
Yet play again; or This Inchanting Sound,
Which sooths my Ear, my Heart, too deep, will wound.
Which sooths my Ear, my Heart, too deep, will wound.
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