Ode to Saint Cecilia
A recent window-dedication was a special occasion to celebrate the life of a dear friend and avid musician. The window depicts Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, and appropriately there was wonderful music, as well as readings…
John Dryden (1631-1700)
A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day, 1687
(Stanza 1)
From harmony, from Heav’nly harmony
This universal frame began.
When Nature underneath a heap
Of jarring atoms lay,
And could not heave her head,
The tuneful voice was heard from high,
Arise ye more than dead.
Then cold, and hot, and moist, and dry,
In order to their stations leap,
And music’s pow’r obey.
From harmony, from Heav’nly harmony
This universal frame began:
From harmony to harmony
Through all the compass of the notes it ran,
The diapason closing full in man.
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