{"id":1601,"date":"2019-04-29T22:51:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T22:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2019-05-11T01:51:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T01:51:57","slug":"similizing-the-heart-to-a-harp-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1601","title":{"rendered":"Similizing the Heart to a Harp, the Head to an Organ, the Tongue to a Lute, to make a Consort of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n

The heart unto<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a harp compare I may,
\nThe passions,<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> strings on which the mind doth play.
\n\u2019Tis<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> harmony, when they just time do keep;
\nWith notes of peace they bring the soul to sleep.<\/p>\n

The head unto an organ I compare,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nThe thoughts, as several pipes, make music there.
\nImagination\u2019s bellows drawn, do<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> blow
\nWindy opinions, which the thoughts make<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> go.
\nThe little virg\u2019nal<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> jacks which skip about
\nAre several fancies that run in and out.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10<\/p>\n

The tongue\u2019s a lute, strung with the strings of breath.<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nThe words as fingers play; the pegs are teeth.<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nThese moving all, a sweet soft music make,
\nWise sentences the ground<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> of music take.
\nWitty light airs are pleasant to the ear;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15
\nStrains of description all delight<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> to hear.
\nIn similizing quavers<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> lies great art,
\nFlour\u2019shes<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> of eloquence are a<\/span>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span> sweet part.
\nStops of reproof are us\u00e8d with great<\/span>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span> skill;
\nFlatt\u2019ring division doth the mind please<\/span>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span> still.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 20
\nThe thoughts are several tunes, which they do<\/span>17<\/sup><\/a><\/span> play,
\nAnd thus the mind doth pass its time away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The heart unto a harp compare I may, The passions, strings on which the mind doth play. \u2019Tis harmony, when they just time do keep; With notes of peace they bring the soul to sleep. The head unto an organ I compare,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 The thoughts, as several pipes, make music there. Imagination\u2019s bellows drawn, do … Continue reading Similizing the Heart to a Harp, the Head to an Organ, the Tongue to a Lute, to make a Consort of Music<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fancies","category-part3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1601"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1604,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions\/1604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}