SHAKSPEARE. 



A& Hi' fc. 2. " Let mufic found, while he doth make 

 his choice ; 



Then, if he lofe, he makes a fwan-like 

 end, 



Fading in mufic. 



he may win ; 



: And what is mufic then ? then mufic is 



As are thofe dulcet founds at break of 

 day, 



That creep into the dreaming bride- 

 groom's ear, 



And fummon him to marriage." 



Mufic within. 



A fong while BafTanio examines the ca(kets : 



" Tell me where is fancy bred," Sec. 



The pafTages in the fifth aft of this interefting play are 

 beautiful, numerous, and celebrated : 



" And bring your mufic forth into the air," &c. 



" foft ftillnefs and the night 



Become the touches of fweet harmony." 



Jellica " I am never merry when I hear fweet mufic." 

 This is the initial of a well-known, and now proverbial, 

 eulogium on modulated found : " The man that has no 

 I mufic in his foul," &c. 



" As you like ft." 

 Aft ii. fc. 1. A fong: 



" Under the green-wood tree," &c. 

 Remarks on mufic by Jacques. Then another fong : 



" Blow, blow, thou winter's wind." 



Mufic. Song : " What fhall he have that kill'd the 

 deer." 



Song : " 'Twas a lover and his lafs." 



Still mufic. Song : " Then is there mirth in hcav'n." 



Another fong : " Wedding is great Juno's crown." 



" Love's Labour's loll." 



Aft iii. Armado. " Warble child ; make paflionate 

 my fenfe of hearing." 



This is a moil beautiful and comprehcnfive requeft : none 

 of the fine arts can fubfift, or give rapture, without ^/t^oh. 

 Hence mediocrity is more intolerable in them than in otiier 

 inventions. Mufic without paffion is as monotonous as the 

 toUing of a bell. 



But no foiig IS printed : though the author tells us there 

 is Jiri^ini;. Dr. Johiifon fays, " here is apparently a fong 

 lolt.'' 



Mufic as for a mafquerade. 



Songs for fpring and autumn ; 



" When daifies pied." — And, " When icicles hang 

 on the wall." 



«' Winter's Tale." 



Two nonfenfical fongs, by the rogue Autolychua : 



" When daffodils begin to peerc." — " Jog on, jog on, 

 the footpath w.;y." 



" He's main muficat." This Autolyrhus is the true an- 

 cient miiillrcl, as dofcribtd in the old Fabtiaux. See Gen. 

 Hill. Muf vol. ii. p. 208. 



A hrLC-part catch, ready planicd by the pott, and 

 another pedlar's fong ; " Will you buy any tape ?" 



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« Twelfth Night." 



Aft i. fc. I. This play opens with a beautiful eulogium 

 on mufic : 



" If mufic be the food of love, phy on," &c. 



The ufe of Eviratl, in the fame manner as at prefent, 

 feems to have been well known at this time (about l6oo). 



For Viola fays : 



" I'll ferve the duke ; 



Thou (halt prefent me as a eunuch to him, 

 It may be worth thy pains, for I can fing, 

 And fpeak to him in many forts of mufic, 

 That will allow me very worth his fervice." 



And the duke's fcnfibility to the power of mufic is dif- 

 clofed in the firll interview, when he fays to Viola : 



" thy fmall pipe 



Is as the maiden's organ, (hrill and found. 

 And all its femblative — a woman's part. 

 I know thy conitellation is right apt 

 For this affair ;" 



fuppofing her to be a eunuch. 



Aft ii. fc. 3. The clown is afked for a love-fong, and 



fings : 



" O millrefs mine, where are you roaming J" &c. And 

 " What is love ; 'tis not hereafter," &G. 



Ibid. They fing a catch, beginning, 

 " Hold thy peace." 



Sc. 4. Scraps of fongs and catches are roared out by 

 fir Toby, fir Ai.drew, and clown, as " Three merry men 

 be we." — " Tilly, valley, lady !" — " There dwelt a man 

 in Babylon, lady, lady." — " O the twelfth day of De- 

 cember." — " Farewel, dear heart, fince I mud needs be- 

 gone." — " His eyes do (hew his days are almoft done." — 

 " Shall I bid him go ? what, an' if you do ?" — " Shall I 

 bid him go, and fpare not ? O no, no, no, you dare not." 

 Ail thefe, probably, were well known in Shakfpeare's 

 time. 



Sc. 5. The duke, who is as conllant in his paffion for 

 mufic, as for Olivia, fays : 



" give me fome mufic now — 



Now, good Ccfario, but that piece of fong, 

 That old and antique fong, we heard lall night ; 

 Methought, it did revive my paflion much ; 

 More than light airs, and recollefted terms 

 Of thelc moll brifli and giddy-paced times : 



how dolt thou like this tune? — 



It gives a very echo to the feat 

 Where love is throii'd." 



Ibid. 



- the fong we had lad night — 

 ' it is old and plain ; 



The fpinllers and the knitters in the fuu, 



And the free maids that weave their thread with 



bones, 

 Do ulc to chaunt it : it is filly footh. 

 And dallies with the innocence of love, 

 Like the old age." 



Song : " Come away, come away, death." 



Aft iv. fc. 4. The clown, as elfewhcre, is much ad- 

 difted to finging. Song, by the clown : 



" When that I was a little tiny boy," &c. 



ferves a> an epilogue to this entertaining play. 



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