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MUSIC.

1 O harmony! thou tenderest nurse of pain,
2 If that thy note's sweet magic e'er can heal
3 Griefs which the patient spirit oft may feel,
4 Oh! let me listen to thy songs again;
5 Till memory her fairest tints shall bring;
6 Hope wake with brighter eye, and listening seem
7 With smiles to think on some delightful dream,
8 That waved o'er the charmed sense its gladsome wing!
9 For when thou leadest all thy soothing strains
10 More smooth along, the silent passions meet
11 In one suspended transport, sad and sweet;
12 And nought but sorrow's softest touch remains;
13 That, when the transitory charm is o'er,
14 Just wakes a tear, and then is felt no more.

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Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan. Edinburgh: James Nichol, 9 North Bank Street..., 1855, p. 22.  (Page images digitized from a copy held at the University of California Libraries.)

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