Music and PoetryMason, Firth & M'Cutcheon, 1872 - 44 sider |
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... mankind from a state of nature to a high state of civilisation has called into being . It must , therefore , hold a rank inferior to that which is the off- spring of the human mind , advanced by the most assiduous cultivation . But ...
... mankind from a state of nature to a high state of civilisation has called into being . It must , therefore , hold a rank inferior to that which is the off- spring of the human mind , advanced by the most assiduous cultivation . But ...
Side 17
... mankind of harmonious sounds . Assuming that the music of nature first enthralled the ear , he suggests that imitation was the first active principle which impelled man to attempt the art . He says- " At liquidas avium voces imitarier ...
... mankind of harmonious sounds . Assuming that the music of nature first enthralled the ear , he suggests that imitation was the first active principle which impelled man to attempt the art . He says- " At liquidas avium voces imitarier ...
Side 24
... mankind possessed no means of transmitting to their descendants permanent records of the precepts of religion , their devotional exercises , the normal rules of civil govern- ment , or the remarkable actions of their renowned sages and ...
... mankind possessed no means of transmitting to their descendants permanent records of the precepts of religion , their devotional exercises , the normal rules of civil govern- ment , or the remarkable actions of their renowned sages and ...
Side 25
... mankind was conducted in verse , but that the portion of their communication , which was worthy of being remembered by a future age , was embalmed for preservation in poetic numbers . Even after the invention ( or perhaps the ...
... mankind was conducted in verse , but that the portion of their communication , which was worthy of being remembered by a future age , was embalmed for preservation in poetic numbers . Even after the invention ( or perhaps the ...
Side 30
... mankind . ' Nor can we suppose that the ancient Arcadians blindly , and without some object , interwove this art with the texture of their political constitution , obliging not only their children , but their young men , to practise 30 ...
... mankind . ' Nor can we suppose that the ancient Arcadians blindly , and without some object , interwove this art with the texture of their political constitution , obliging not only their children , but their young men , to practise 30 ...
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1st Samuel ære agreeable amusement ancient animi Apollo Architecture artificial atque avena beauty became behold BUXUS calamo called Cantando carmina cava celebrated charms concha dark disparibus eloquence enim external senses fistula Greek harmonious sounds harp Heaven heroes human human voice hymn Hyperides ideas intellectual inter invention Jubal King labour language light lips Loton lotos Lotus tree mankind melody ment mind modulation MUSIC AND POETRY musical instruments nature notes numbers nymph organ Ovid painting Paradise Lost passions philosophers pipes poet poetic Polybius produced Prop psaltery Pythagoras quæ rauco remarkable rendered Samson Agonistes Saul Sculpture Septuagint Shakspeare singing sive song soul speech Stipula style sublime sunt tabret tenui Tetrachord Thamyris thee thou tibia tibiæ timbrels tion Tiresias Titian tone tongue tuba tympana unto utterance verse viii Virg voces voice wind instruments words
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Side 20 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Side 37 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
Side 5 - Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Side 39 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part, why was the sight To such a tender ball as...
Side 24 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Side 38 - Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Side 24 - Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp ? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
Side 38 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Side 10 - Domestic fury, and fierce civil strife, Shall cumber all the parts of Italy : Blood and destruction shall be so in use, And dreadful objects so familiar, That mothers shall but smile when they behold Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war; All pity chok'd with custom of fell deeds : And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side, come hot from hell, Shall in these confines, with a monarch's voice, Cry, ' Havock,' and let slip the dogs of war ; That this foul deed shall smell...
Side 24 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.