VIII. “Sweet notes, to all but him unspoken” John Sterling Sterling, John Archæus Metadata research and editing DVPP Project Team Fralick Kaitlyn University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project Victoria, BC, Canada

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VIII. Sweet notes, to all but him unspoken, Attuned to bliss a poet’s thought ; He grasp’d the lyre, the strings were broken, And silence hid the strain he sought. A longing heart would fain have given A nobler life to mortal things ; But found that earth will not be heaven, Nor lyres resound without the strings.