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Music's the cordial of a troubled breast

Language: English

Music's the cordial of a troubled breast,
The softest remedy that grief can find,
The gentle spell that charms our cares to rest,
And calms the ruffling passions of the mind.

Music doth all our joys refine;
'Tis that gives relish to our wine;
'Tis that gives rapture to our love.
It wings devotion to a pitch divine;
'Tis our chief bliss on earth, and half our heav'n above.


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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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