Robert Herrick



AGAIN.


WHEN I thy singing next shall hear,
I'll wish I might turn all to ear,
To drink in notes and numbers such
As blessed souls can't hear too much ;
Then melted down, there let me lie
Entranc'd and lost confusedly,
And by thy music stricken mute,
Die and be turn'd into a lute.
 Carlo Saraceni (ca. 1580-1620). St. Cecilia with an Angel.
Carlo Saraceni. St. Cecilia with an Angel. c.1610.

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 25.
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