Richard Lovelace
L. Sing, Laura, sing,
whilst silent are the sphears,
And all the eyes of Heaven are turn'd to
ears.
V. Touch thy dead wood, and make each living tree
Unchain its
feet, take arms, and follow thee.
CHORUS.
L. Sing. V. Touch. 0 Touch.
L. 0 Sing.
BOTH. It is the souls, souls sole offering.
V. Touch the
divinity of thy chords, and make
Each heart string tremble, and each sinew
shake.
L. Whilst with your voyce you rarifie the air,
None but an host
of angels hover here.
CHORUS. SING, TOUCH, &c.
V. Touch thy
soft lute, and in each gentle thread
The lyon and the panther captive
lead.
L. Sing, and in heav'n inthrone deposed love,
Whilst angels
dance, and fiends in order move.
DOUBLE CHORUS.
What sacred charm may
this then be
In harmonie,
That thus can make the angels wild,
The
devils mild,
And teach low hell to heav'n to swell,
And the high heav'n to
stoop to hell?