THE POWER OF MUSIC
by: John Fletcher
- RPHEUS with his lute made trees,
- And the mountain-tops that freeze,
- Bow themselves when he did sing:
- To his music plants and flowers
- Ever sprung; as sun and showers
- There had made a lasting spring.
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- Everything that heard him play,
- Even the billows of the sea,
- Hung their heads, and then lay by.
- In sweet music is such art,
- Killing care and grief of heart
- Fall asleep, or, hearing, die.
'The Power of Music' was originally
published in King Henry VIII (1623). |
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