Music more lofty swells
In speeches nobly placed;
BEAUTY as far excels
In actions aptly graced.
A friend each party draws
To countenance his cause.
LOVE more affected seems
BEAUTY'S lovely light;
And WONDER more esteems
Of MUSIC's wondrous might:
But both to both so bent
As both in both are spent.
Music doth witness call
The ear, his truth to try;
BEAUTY brings to the hall
The judgment of the eye:
Both in their objects such,
As no exceptions touch.
The common SENSE which might
Be arbiter of this;
To be forsooth upright,
To both sides partial is:
He lays on this side chief praise;
Chief praise on that he lays.
Then REASON, Princess high!
Whose throne is in the mind;
Which music can in sky,
And hidden beauties find.
Say! whether thou wilt crown
With limitless renown?
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