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On a Viola D'Amore
by Mathilde Blind
a "viol of love," played for the first time in a century, awakens that music which is love
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Corinna
by Thomas Campion
her voice can inspire, but so can it break one's heart
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The Eolian Harp
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
as the wind plays on the strings of the Eolian Harp, so Nature plays on man's soul
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Music's Duel
by Richard Crashaw
a nightingale (representing Nature) and a musician (representing Art) engage in a competition; is Nature or Art greater?
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Delia Sonnet LVII
by Samuel Daniel
a helpless lover compares himself to a lute and his beloved to the musician
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Split the Lark and You'll Find the Music
by Emily Dickinson
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Of All the Sounds Despatched Abroad
by Emily Dickinson
the greatest music of all is God's wind in the trees
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Ode on St. Cecelia's Day
by John Dryden
through music, God creates an ordered universe and moves men to act
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Alexander's Feast
by John Dryden
at this feast music becomes the master of ceremonies
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Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell
by John Dryden
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The Broken Banjo
by Warren Fenno Gregory
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Church Music
by George Herbert
music is man's comforter, companion, and guide to Heaven
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To Music. A Song.
by Robert Herrick
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On Julia's Voice
by Robert Herrick
the pure music of Julia's voice
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Strings in the Earth
by James Joyce
if you're in the right mood (in love) everything around you makes music
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Life and Song
by Sidney Lanier
a man's life is the song he creates
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Piano
by D. H. Lawrence
music can bring back strong, emotional memories from childhood
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The Singers
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Music's Empire
by Andrew Marvell
a Christianized myth of the origin, development, and purpose of music
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At A Solemn Music
by John Milton
when "Voice and Verse" are joined in Song, man participates in that union of all things with God
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The Barrel Organ
by Alfred Noyes
music can run us through the full range of emotions
...joys, wonders and regrets
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A Lost Chord
by Adelaide Anne Procter
a musician finds, then loses, a chord whose perfect harmony brings inner peace
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Violinist
by Wilder Dwight Quint
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Sonnet VIII
by William Shakespeare
Music to hear, why hear'st thou Music Sadly?
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To a Skylark
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
the song of the Skylark becomes Shelley's exquisite metaphor for the poet who wants to teach mankind "sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not."
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Music: An Ode
by Algernon Charles Swinburne
(one of his typical, uh, discourses)
- Pierrot, The Rose, and Pierrot's Song
by Sara Teasdale
music is associated with Love, unless you're in love with a musician
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Virtuosa
by Mary Ashley Townsend
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Artist's Life
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
on a pieceof music, and its special memories
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The Solitary Reaper
by William Wordsworth
simple melodies are often the best, and stay with us
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The Silver Swan
a traditional poem
Subject - Music