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Music alone with sudden charms can bind The wand'ring sense, and calm the troubled mind. — William Congreve

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Music alone with sudden charms can bind The wand'ring sense, and calm the troubled mind.

William Congreve
Hymn to Harmony · 1703
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Power of musicMusic
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1703
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William Congreve
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Congreve, William. A Hymn to Harmony: Written in Honour of St. Cecilia's day, M DCC I. London: Jacob Tonson, 1703.

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