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First Line: Urania o'er her star-bespangled lyre
Last Line: And rolled their mighty orbs to music's sweetest sound.
Subject(s): Music & Musicians


Urania, o'er her star-bespangled lyre,
With touch of majesty diffused her soul;
A thousand tones, that in the breast inspire,
Exalted feelings, o er the wires 'gan roll --
She sang of night that clothed the infant world,
In strains as solemn as its dark profound --
How at the call of Jove the mist unfurled,
And o'er the swelling vault -- the glowing sky,
The new-born stars hung out their lamps on high,
And rolled their mighty orbs to music's sweetest sound.





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