A Reading of Ode to Bright Cecilia (Intro) Lyrics

Hail! Bright Cecilia, Hail! fill every Heart

With Love of thee and thine Celestial Art

That thine and Musick's Sacred Love

May intertwine

Hark! hark! each Tree breaks its silence

The Box and Fir to talk begin!

This is the sprightly Violin

The Flute, so speaketh the wind

'Tis Nature's Voice; thro' all the moving Wood

Of Creatures understood

The Universal Tongue to none

Of all her numerous race unknown!

From her it learnt the mighty Art

To court the Ear or strike the Heart

At once the Passions to express and move

We hear, and straight we grieve or hate, rejoice or love

Its unseen Chains it does the Fancy bind

At once it charms the Sense and captivates the Mind

Soul of the World! Inspired by thee

The jarring Seeds of Matter did agree

Thou didst the scattered Atoms bond

Which, by thy Laws of true proportion joined

Made up of various Parts one perfect Harmony

Thou tun'st this World below, the Spheres above

Who in the Heavenly Round to their own Musick

Move… move… move