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" Yet, with sensibilities so exquisite as hers, this melomania was a source of far more pain than pleasure ; it was so impossible for any earthly strains to approach that ideal and unattainable standard of perfection which existed within her mind, and which she has shadowed forth with a mournful energy in " Mozart's Requiem. " Like perfumes on the wind, Which none may stay or bind, The beautiful comes rushing" through my soul ; I strive, with yearnings vain, The spirit to detain, Of the deep ha...rmonies that past me roll. Therefore disturbing: dreams Trouble the secret streams And founts of music that o'erflow my breast; Something far more divine Than may on earth be mine, Haunts my worn heart, and will not let me rest. From time to time, however, she had enjoyment of music of a very high character, for much of which she was indebted to her acquaintance with Mr. Lodge, the distinguished amateur, by whom so many of her Vol. I. 16 182 MEMOIR OF MRS. HEMANS. songs have been set to melodies of infinite beauty and feeling.
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