"Musick's the Spring made by Divinest Art, / To move the Vital Machine of Man's Heart, / And circulate with Pow'r thro' ev'ry Part."
— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed, and sold for the Benefit of the author, by George Sawbridge ... Robert Knaplock and Henry Clements [etc.]
Date
1715
Metaphor
"Musick's the Spring made by Divinest Art, / To move the Vital Machine of Man's Heart, / And circulate with Pow'r thro' ev'ry Part."
Metaphor in Context
Such Airs has RAN' LAUGH to delight Mankind
That yet no Equal to her Charms we find;
Soft Sounds of Harmony run thro' her Soul,
And nought but Musick's Voice does there controul:
By secret ways, the little God takes place,
And Beauty plays the Tyrant in her Face.
But what dull Atoms can soft Sounds resist,
Since they Create, at once, ev'n what they list,
Delightful Forms from shapeless Chaos raise,
Since Heav'n the Voice of Harmony obeys?
Concord and Musick, such as charms the Ear,
First mov'd this Earth, this dull unactive Sphere,
And first made ev'ry sleeping Atom hear.
Musick's the Spring made by Divinest Art,
To move the Vital Machine of Man's Heart,
And circulate with Pow'r thro' ev'ry Part.
That yet no Equal to her Charms we find;
Soft Sounds of Harmony run thro' her Soul,
And nought but Musick's Voice does there controul:
By secret ways, the little God takes place,
And Beauty plays the Tyrant in her Face.
But what dull Atoms can soft Sounds resist,
Since they Create, at once, ev'n what they list,
Delightful Forms from shapeless Chaos raise,
Since Heav'n the Voice of Harmony obeys?
Concord and Musick, such as charms the Ear,
First mov'd this Earth, this dull unactive Sphere,
And first made ev'ry sleeping Atom hear.
Musick's the Spring made by Divinest Art,
To move the Vital Machine of Man's Heart,
And circulate with Pow'r thro' ev'ry Part.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "machine" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
11/21/2006
