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Excerpt from The Music-Lesson of Confucius: And Other Poems
The music spoke no more its wonted sounds, But whispered mysteries in a broken tongue Which urged him sorely. Then Confucius said O secret Music sacred tongue of God I hear thee calling to me, and I come 2 Of old I did but know thy outer form And dreamed not of the spirit hid within The Goddess in the Lotus. Yes, I come, And will not rest - nor will I calm my doubt Till I have seen thee plainly with mine eyes, And palpably have touched thee with my hand, T ken shall I know thee - raised to life for me For what thou truly art.
Lo I have heard That in the land of Kin a master lives, So deeply skilled in music, that mankind Begin again to give a glowing faith Unto the golden stories which are told Of the strange harmonies which built the world, And of the melody whose key is God. Now I will travel to the land of Kin, Arid know this sage of music, great Siang, And learn the secret lore which hides within All sweet well-ordered sounds.' He went his way, Nor rested till he stood before the man.
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The music spoke no more its wonted sounds, But whispered mysteries in a broken tongue Which urged him sorely. Then Confucius said O secret Music sacred tongue of God I hear thee calling to me, and I come 2 Of old I did but know thy outer form And dreamed not of the spirit hid within The Goddess in the Lotus. Yes, I come, And will not rest - nor will I calm my doubt Till I have seen thee plainly with mine eyes, And palpably have touched thee with my hand, T ken shall I know thee - raised to life for me For what thou truly art.
Lo I have heard That in the land of Kin a master lives, So deeply skilled in music, that mankind Begin again to give a glowing faith Unto the golden stories which are told Of the strange harmonies which built the world, And of the melody whose key is God. Now I will travel to the land of Kin, Arid know this sage of music, great Siang, And learn the secret lore which hides within All sweet well-ordered sounds.' He went his way, Nor rested till he stood before the man.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Charles Godfrey Leland
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ISBN - 9780331594331
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Page Count - 180
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ISBN - 9781331266686
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1 cm
Page Count - 182
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