...Planets, in their turn, Confirm the Tidings as they rowl, And spread the Truth from Pole to Pole. Ill What though, in solemn Silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial Ball? What tho' nor real Voice nor Sound Amid their radiant Orbs be found? In Reason's Ear they all rejoice, And...

...Haydn, Addison strikingly anticipates—literally prefigures—the latter s trope of musical light: What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice nor sound Within their radiant orbs be found? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice,...

...belief in God. Joseph Addison's hymn version of this psalm seems to say so in its final verse: What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice nor sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice,...

...'answering' the scepticism of materialistic reason as they rejoice silently but articulately: What though in solemn Silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial Ball? What though nor real Voice nor Sound Amid their radiant Orbs be found? In Reason's Ear they all rejoice, And utter...

...spread the truth from pole to pole. " What though in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestial ball ? What though no real voice nor sound Amid their...orbs be found ? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing, as they shine, < The hand that made us is Divine."...

...Firmament' where the natural order provides the observer with powerful evidence of God's creating hand: What though, in solemn Silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial Ball? What tho' nor real Voice nor Sound Amid their radiant Orbs be found? In Reason's Ear they all rejoice, And...

...hymn by Joseph Addison (1672-1719), where the language reflects the faith of the Enlightenment: What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice nor sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice;...

...to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move around the dark, terrestrial ball? What though nor real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing, as they shine, "The hand that made us is divine."...

...great original proclaim. Although we cannot hear any music with our ears we can with our minds. What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though nor real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter...

...planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though nor real voice, nor sound, Amidst their radiant orbs be found? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And...