The Harp the Monarch Minstrel Swept
The Harp the Monarch Minstrel swept,The King of men, the loved of Heaven!Which Music hallowed while she weptO'er tones her heart of hearts had given--Redoubled be her tears, its chords are riven!It softened men of iron mould,It gave them virtues not their own;No ear so dull, no soul so cold,That felt not--fired not to the tone,Till David's Lyre grew mightier than his Throne!
It told the triumphs of our King,It wafted glory to our God;It made our gladdened valleys ring,The cedars bow, the mountains nod;Its sound aspired to Heaven and there abode!Since then, though heard on earth no more,Devotion and her daughter LoveStill bid the bursting spirit soarTo sounds that seem as from above,In dreams that day's broad light can not remove.
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