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AD VILMUM AXIOLOGUM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

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First Line: THIS BE THE MEED, THAT THY SONG CREATES A THOUSAND FOLD ECHO!
Last Line: LOVE IS THE SPIRIT OF LIFE, AND MUSIC THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT. --
Subject(s): MUSIC & MUSICIANS;

This be the meed, that thy Song creates a thousandfold Echo!
Sweet as the warble of woods that awake at the gale of the Morning!
List! the Hearts of the Pure, like Caves in the ancient Mountains
Deep, deep @3in@1 the Bosom, and @3from@1 the Bosom resound it,
Each with a different Tone, complete or in musical fragments,
All have welcom'd thy Voice, and receive and retain and prolong it!
This is the word of the Lord! -- it is spoken, and Beings Eternal
Live and are born, as an Infant -- the Eternal begets the Immortal!
Love is the Spirit of Life, and Music the Life of the Spirit. --



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