“Let echo, too, perform her part,
Prolonging every note with art”

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (1699), st. 4.
Context: Let echo, too, perform her part,
Prolonging every note with art;
And in a low expiring strain,
Play all the concert o'er again.

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politician, writer and playwright 1672–1719

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