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?