The murmur that springs
From the growing of grass.

The murmur that springs
From the growing of grass.

Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.

Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.

I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart; but
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I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart; but
the saying is true, 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.'

And filled the air with barbarous dissonance.

And filled the air with barbarous dissonance.

By magic numbers and persuasive sound.

By magic numbers and persuasive sound.

The sound must seem an echo to the sense.

The sound must seem an echo to the sense.

To all proportioned terms he must dispense
And make the sound a picture of the sense.

To all proportioned terms he must dispense
And make the sound a picture of the sense.

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.

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.