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The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
 My eyes are dim with childish tears,
 My heart is idly stirred,
  For the same sound is read more 
 My eyes are dim with childish tears,
 My heart is idly stirred,
  For the same sound is in my ears
   Which in those days I heard. 
 Their rising all at once was as the sound
 Of thunder heard remote.  
 Their rising all at once was as the sound
 Of thunder heard remote. 
By magic numbers and persuasive sound.
By magic numbers and persuasive sound.
 A thousand trills and quivering sounds
 In airy circles o'er us fly,
  Till, wafted by a gentle read more 
 A thousand trills and quivering sounds
 In airy circles o'er us fly,
  Till, wafted by a gentle breeze,
   They faint and languish by degrees,
    And at a distance die. 
 Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds,
 At which the universal host up sent
  A shout that tore hell's read more 
 Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds,
 At which the universal host up sent
  A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond
   Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. 
Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.
Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.
 A noise like of a hidden brook
 In the leafy month of June,
  That to the sleeping read more 
 A noise like of a hidden brook
 In the leafy month of June,
  That to the sleeping woods all night
   Singeth a quiet tune. 
Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.
Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.