William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922.

To Music

FLY back where Melodies like lilies grow,

My weary heart is bending low;

Fly higher yet to joyful realms above,

Where holy Angels dwell in love.

Fly higher still and hear the Angel throng

And bring to me their Glory-song:

Ah Music, thou and I above the World

May dwell where heaven with shining song is pearled!

While Sun and Moon and all the planets roll

I’ll love thee, Music, language of my soul!

Music-lark from on high, song that doth fly, Spark of the sky!