“From Harmony” (Text from John Dryden) (1987)

Chorus – 4 mins.

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From harmony, from heav’nly harmony, This universal frame began; When nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, “Arise, ye more than dead.” Then cold and hot and moist and dry In order to their stations leap, And Music’s pow’r obey. From harmony, from heav’nly harmony, This universal frame began; From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man