 | Familiar letters and poems on several occasions |  |
From Pindus Top, where rules the God of Day,
The Bard invokes the Lay;
Aonian Sisters join the Band,
With all your dulcet Songs attend.
And thou Soul-soothing Melody inspire,
The martial Trumpet's hollow Throat;
The deep-mouth'd Organ's solemn Note;
The slow majestic Swell,
The Power of Harmony shall tell,
And the loud Chorus fill the sacred Choir.
The Bard invokes the Lay;
Aonian Sisters join the Band,
With all your dulcet Songs attend.
And thou Soul-soothing Melody inspire,
The martial Trumpet's hollow Throat;
The deep-mouth'd Organ's solemn Note;
The slow majestic Swell,
The Power of Harmony shall tell,
And the loud Chorus fill the sacred Choir.
Air.
Musick charms the Lover's Breast;Musick lulls our Cares to Rest;
Now she's sweetly gay and jolly;
Now she sinks in Melancholy.
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Recitative.
Harmonious Orpheus strikes his Shell,Oh! listen to the trembling Note;
See, see! he moves the King of Hell,
And hoary Charon quits his Boat.
Air.
The naked Souls that hover round,In Pleasure lose their Pain;
Such is the mighty Power of Sound,
Prometheus drops his Chain.
Recitative.
The Lion's Fury now he tames,And now again his Rage inflames;
Huge Rocks, un-hing'd, around him stood,
And Trees, un-rooted, quit the Wood;
Obedient Rivers as they glide,
His wond'rous Harmony obey'd;
Now gently flow'd with easy Tide,
Or furious trembled in a loud Cascade;
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Chorus.
Creation listens all around,Such is the mighty Power of Sound.
Air.
Amphion next began to play,And gently stole the Heart away
Charming Pleasure,
Sweetest Measure;
Love alarming
Souls disarming,
Gently stole the Heart away.
Recitative.
The Coward Chiefs who sunk with Fear,To find the hostile Troops were near;
The sprightly Trumpet's Sound inspires.
Air.
With noble Ardor now they burn,Quick to the Charge they now return;
Behold the frighted Foe retires.
| Familiar letters and poems on several occasions | |