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beautifully described on the well-known 

 lines of Dry den's ode, 



Softly sweet in Lydian measure?, 

 Sooa he soothed his soul to pleasures. 



On the other hand, the character of martial 

 music, which rouses and animates the soul, 

 is finely characterized by 



The spirit-stirring drum, th' ear-piercing fife. 



And the notes of the trumpet, which rends 

 the air with its harsh and sudden blasts, 

 bears no small degree of analogy to all 

 that is rude, broken, and abrupt, in visible 

 objects. 



That in speaking, a smooth and even 

 tone of voice indicates inward calm and 

 repose, and sharp, broken, irregular ac- 

 cents irritation, is too obvious to be dwelt 

 upon. 



In the sense of seeing, with which we 

 are more immediately concerned, the po- 

 sition may be shortly exemplified in the 

 instances already given of buildings and 

 columns : if the whole, or a considerable 

 part of them were to be covered with sharp 



