Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
Poems of Sentiment: V. The ArtsInfluence of Music
William Shakespeare (15641616)From “King Henry Eighth,” Act III. Sc. 1.
O
And the mountain-tops that freeze,
Bow themselves when he did sing;
To his music plants and flowers
Ever sprung, as sun and showers
There had made a lasting Spring.
Even the billows of the sea,
Hung their heads, and then lay by.
In sweet music is such art,
Killing care, and grief of heart—
Fall asleep, or, hearing, die!