...verse, but of a higher mood than the strain already quoted :~" When Jubal struck the chorded shell, His listening brethren stood around, And, wondering, on...of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well." DRYDEN. To return to the general subject : the hemistichs of Lamech, on which we have commented, are...

...but of a higher mood than the strain already quoted: — " When Jubal struck the chorded shell, His listening brethren stood around, And, wondering, on...Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly an*l so well." DBYDKK. To return to the general subject : the hemistichs of Lamech, on which we have...

...faces fell To worship the celestial sound. Less than a God they thought there could no dwell \Vuii HI the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well. We have only to imagine a guitar inslea> ' of Antes, violins, &c. and Dryden'a line would well apply...

...to analyse every composition, as if he wished to break its spell. He never exclaimed with Dryden, " Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell That sung go sweetly and so well." Then what were the merits to counterbalance these blemishes ? First,...

...poetry, the first lyre being said to have been made by straining strings over the shell of a Tortoise : Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that ehell, That spoke so sweetly. Dryden. The Hermes or Mercury of the Egyptians surnamed Trismagistus,...

...celestial sound. Less than a God they thought there could not Within the hollow of that shell, [dweU That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell? ni. The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us t<i arms, With shrill notes of anger, And mortal ularms....

...Juhal struck the corded shell, His listening hrethren stood around. And, wondering, on their faces full To worship that celestial sound. Less than a God they thought there could not Within the hollow of that shell, [dwell That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passian cannot Music...

...of a higher mood than the strain already quoted : — > " When Jubal struck the chorded shell, His listening brethren stood around, And, wondering, on...of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well" DRYDEJJ. To return to the general subject : the hemistich* of Lamech, on which we have commented, are...

...their faces fell, To worship the celestial sound : Less than a god they thought there scarce could dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well." Dryden's Ode for St. Cecilia's Dny. The invention of instruments at this early age of the world, implies...

...exquisite lines:— AV hat passion cannot music raise and quell! When Jubal struck the chorded shell His listening brethren stood around And, wondering, on...well:— What passion cannot music raise and quell! As music, which I apprehend had the precedence of poetry as a human invention, was regulated by certain...