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The triumph of music

a poem: in six cantos ... by William Hayley
Hayley, William (1745-1820)
  
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THE TRIUMPH OF MUSIC.
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CANTO I.
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CANTO II.
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CANTO III.
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CANTO IV.
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CANTO V.
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CANTO VI.

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HYMN.

HOW spirits act on human minds,
When free from earth they fly,
Is a research, that only blinds
The strongest mental eye:
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But oft in fond devotion's hour,
I seem their aid to see;
Father of spirits! may their power
Be ever kind to me!
Venusia.
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