MARKS that did limit lands in former times None durst remove; so much the common good Prevailed with all men: 'twas the worst of crimes. The like in Music may be understood, For that the treasure of the soul is next To the rich store-house of divinity: Both comfort souls that are with care perplext And set the spirit both from passions free. The marks that limit Music here are taught, So fixed of old, which none by right can change, Though Use much alteration hath wrought, To Music's fathers that would now seen strange. The best embrace, which herein you may find, And th' author praise for his good work and mind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUMMER SUN by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ICH DIEN by SUSIE MONTGOMERY BEST THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 114. A LATER DEDICATION by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT VERIS ET FAVONI by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN KING VICTOR EMANUEL ENTERS FLORENCE, APRIL, 1860 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING SURPRISES by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR THE FALL OF THE LEAVES by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON ANSWER TO -'S PROFESSSIONS OF AFFECTION by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |