...another Troy. Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timothcus to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. At lust divine Cecilia came, Inveutress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store,...

...another Troy. Thus long ago, Ere heaving billows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timothens to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell...desire. At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarg'd the former narrow bounds, And added...

...like another Helen, fir'd another Troy. VII. Thus, long ago, 155 Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute; Timotheus, to his breathing...Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. 1/^At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred...

...gods! Narrative. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute; o J ' Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre,...Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. SECTION III. PERSONATION. PERSONATION implies those changes or variations of the voice necessary to...

...like another Helen, fired another Troy 1 Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While1 organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing...desire. At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added...

...prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy ! Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing...rage, or kindle soft desire. At last divine Cecilia carne^" Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former...

...reference is certainly to Dryden's Alexander's Feast, which Handel had set the previous year, in which "Timotheus to his breathing flute / and sounding lyre,...Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire." The scene of the Ode is the Persian city of Persepolis "at the royal feast, for Persia won / By Philip's...

...And, like another Helen, fired another Troy. VII Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timotheus, to his breathing...Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. 160 At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame;0 The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred...