By Music, minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low. If in the breast tumultuous joys arise, Music her soft, assuasive voice applies; Or, when the soul is press'd with cares, Exalts her in enlivening airs. Warriors she fires with animated sounds; Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds; Melancholy lifts her head, Morpheus rouses from his bed, Sloth unfolds her arms and wakes, Listening Envy drops her snakes; Intestine war no more our passions wage, And giddy factions hear away their rage.
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Authorship:
- by Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744), no title, appears in Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, no. 2, first published 1708 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "By music", 1889 [ baritone and orchestra ], from Ode to St. Cecelia's Day, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Luca Antonio Pagnini) , no title, written 1800, appears in Ode di Alessandro Pope in onore di Santa Cecilia, no. 2
Researcher for this page: John Fowler
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 88
Da lei le giuste tempre un’alma impara; Nè tropp’alto trasvola o in giù trabocca. Se procellosa gioja in petto ferve, Con molli note l’Armonia l’acqueta; O se da cure oppresso è il cor, su l’ali De’ numeri vivaci al suol l’invola. Ella i guerrier con gli animosi accenti Empie di foco e alle sanguinee piaghe De’ miseri amator balsamo infonde. Tristezza il capo alle sue leggi estolle; Morfeo dal letto in piè si slancia; Ignavia Apre le braccia e i sonnacchiosi lumi; Livore in atto d’ascoltare ir lascia Per terra gli angui; da’ rubelli affetti Non più rompono guerre; ogni empia setta Vertiginosa il furor il cieco obblia.
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Confirmed with Collezione d'opuscoli scientifici e letterarj ed estratti d'opere interessanti, Volume IV, Firenze, Stamperia di Borgo Ognissanti, 1807.
Authorship:
- by Luca Antonio Pagnini (1737 - 1814), no title, written 1800, appears in Ode di Alessandro Pope in onore di Santa Cecilia, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744), no title, appears in Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, no. 2, first published 1708
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-31
Line count: 16
Word count: 108