Music the soul with melody inspires - Perkins, Dodd

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"By the organist of Wells Cathedral; performed with great applause at the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club, Bath."

◈ Genre / Form → Glees ♬ Voicing → SAB ¶ Language → English

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 63233

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2021-03-01

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

Music the soul with melody inspires, The heart of man with true ambition fires; When the soft strains with pleasing concord flow, The lover's tender passions softer grow: Music charms grief, Fate's rigid pow'r defies, Sorrow throws off, and dries the weeping eyes: Ev'n savages soft music's sounds adore, And seem to lose their nature by its gentle pow'r.