I can pass days Stretch'd in the shade of those old cedar trees, Watching the sunshine like a blessing fall,- The breeze like music wandering o'er the boughs,- Each tree a natural harp,- each different leaf A different note, blent in one vast thanks-giving.
Letitia Elizabeth LandonRelated topics
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On this principle of arrangement, the voice, uttered from the stage as from a centre, and spreading and striking against the cavities of the different vessels, as it comes in contact with them, will be increased in clearness of sound, and will wake an harmonious note in unison with itself.
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