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And filled the air with barbarous dissonance.
And filled the air with barbarous dissonance.
 I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart; but 
the saying is true, read more 
 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.' 
 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. 
 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. 
 The murmur that springs
 From the growing of grass.  
 The murmur that springs
 From the growing of grass. 
 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. 
 What's the business,
 That such a hideous trumpet calls to parley
  The sleepers of the house? Speak, read more 
 What's the business,
 That such a hideous trumpet calls to parley
  The sleepers of the house? Speak, speak! 
Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.
Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.
 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.