...whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close us in, we cannot hear it. 72. After the heav'nly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear.] I do not recollect this reason in Plato, the Somnium Scipionis, or Macrobius. But our author, in an...

...sweet compulsion doth in music lye, To lull the daughters of necessity, And keep unsteady nature in her law, And the low world in measured motion draw...tune which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpuryed ear.' 9 We find the same thought in the Tempest : ' • Then I beat my tabor, At which, like...

...sweet compulsion doth in music lye, To lull the daughters of necessity, And keep unsteady nature in her law, And the low world in measured motion draw...tune which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpuryed ear.' 9 We find the same thought in the Tempest: ' Then I beat my tabor, At which, like wnfiadk'rf...

...necessity, And keep unsteady nature in her law, And the low world in measured motion draw After //ir heavenly tune which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear.' * We find the same thought in the Tempest : ' Then I beat my tabor, At which, like unback'd colts,...

...daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, 70 And the low world in measur'd motioa draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear ; And yet such music worthiest were to blaze The peerless height of her immortal praise, 75 73 gross]...

...the celestial Syrens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those thathold the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle...exercise a preternatural guardianship over the ' saplings tall,1 to avert every noxious influence, and ' to visit every sprout with puissant words, and murmurs...

...sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To keep unsteady Nature to her law, And the low world in measur'cl motion draw * After the heavenly tune, which none...can hear, Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear.' August 3rd, 1634. BIRMINGHAM FESTIVAL. A LOOKER-ON. . To the EDITOR of the Musical Library. SIR,—Your...

...lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, ?o And the low world in measur'd motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear ; And yet such music worthiest were to blaze The peerless height of her immortal praise, 75 Whose lustre...

...lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, ?o And the low world in measur'd motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear ; And yet such music worthiest were to blaze The peerless height of her immortal praise, 75 Whose lustre...

...adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in musick lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep...can hear Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear. Ast alta sub nocte, ubi vis lethœa soporis Mortales clausit sensus, juvat œthere aperto Sirenum exaudire...