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PG-P.756.012
22 Jan 1756:32 (1413)
A Parody on Pope's Prologue to Cato. Addressed to Mr. Henry
Bridges, constructor of that elaborate piece of mechanism,
the Microcosm.
To sooth the soul by tender strokes of art,
To raise the genius, and to rouse the heart;
To make mankind by harmony elate,
Soften the breast and banish direful hate.
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To conquer fear, and to enervate rage,
Was music's power, by Orpheus first ordain'd;
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Meer machinations on the world obtrude:
French and Italian puppets pleas'd too long,
And British sense was barter'd for a song.
Dare to invent yourselves, to fame aspire,
Be justly warm'd with your own native fire.
Bridges! those sounds must ravish every ear,
Which Handel's self did not disdain to hear.
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