On The Death Of William Linley, Esq., Composer Of Music Of "The Duenna"

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Title:     On The Death Of William Linley, Esq., Composer Of Music Of "The Duenna"
Author: William Lisle Bowles [More Titles by Bowles]

Poor Linley! I shall miss thee sadly, now
Thou art not in the world; for few remain
Who loved like thee the high and holy strain
Of harmony's immortal master.
Thou
Didst honour him; and none I know, who live,
Could even a shadow, a faint image give,
With chord and voice, of those rich harmonies,
Which, mingled in one mighty volume, rise,
Glorious, from earth to heaven, so to express
Choral acclaim to Heaven's almightiness,
As thou! Therefore, amid the world's deep roar,
When the sweet visions of young Hope are fled,
And many friends dispersed, and many dead,
I grieve that I shall hear that voice no more.

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William Lisle Bowles's poem: On The Death Of William Linley, Esq., The Composer Of The Music Of "the Duenna," Etc.

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