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... harmony ( " Take but degree away , untune that string , And hark what discord follows . " ) Wherefore that here we may briefly end : of law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God , her voice the ...
... harmony ( " Take but degree away , untune that string , And hark what discord follows . " ) Wherefore that here we may briefly end : of law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God , her voice the ...
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... harmony , That sit upon the nine enfolded Sphears , And sing to those that hold the vital shears , And turn the Adamantine spindle round , On which the fate of gods and men is wound . Such sweet compulsion doth in music ly , To lull the ...
... harmony , That sit upon the nine enfolded Sphears , And sing to those that hold the vital shears , And turn the Adamantine spindle round , On which the fate of gods and men is wound . Such sweet compulsion doth in music ly , To lull the ...
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... harmony , from heavenly harmony , This universal frame began ; From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran , The diapason closing full in man . But there was the further notion that the created universe was ...
... harmony , from heavenly harmony , This universal frame began ; From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran , The diapason closing full in man . But there was the further notion that the created universe was ...
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according allowed angels animals beasts beauty beginning belief body called celestial common commonplace contained correspondence cosmic created creation creatures dance describing divine doctrine doth earth educated elements Elizabeth Elizabethan eternal excellent faculties fall fire follows fortune four function gives God's harmony hath head heart heaven heavenly highest Hooker human humours idea instance kind king knowledge known less light living macrocosm man's matter means medieval Middle Ages Milton mind moon nature notion passage passion perfect physical picture piece planets Platonic poem politic possible present prince pure qualities reason references rest says scheme sense serve Shakespeare shows soul speak spheres spirits stand stars things thought tion translated understanding universe unto virtue whole