and pale,
All-arm'd I ride, whate'er betide,
Until I find the Holy Grail.

--_Alfred Tennyson_

PREPARATORY.--Point out the contrast of scene in stanza
i. How has the poet obtained contrast of sound? Note the
difficulties of Articulation.

Enumerate the manifestations by means of which Sir
Galahad apprehends the continual proximity of the Holy
Grail.

Select the lines in which the mystical element is most
strongly marked. What feeling is aroused in reading
these lines?

In what Quality of voice does this feeling find
expression? (Introduction, p. 34.)

What is the prevailing Quality of voice?

A ROLLING ORGAN-HARMONY, ETC. What idea predominates?
How does it affect the Quality of voice?

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SONG FOR SAINT CECILIA'S DAY

November 22, 1687

From harmony, from heavenly harmony
This universal frame began;
When Nature underneath a heap
Of jarring atoms lay,
And could not heave her head, 5
The tuneful voice was heard from high,
Arise ye more than dead.
Then cold, and hot, and moist, and dry,
In order to their stations leap,
And Music's power obey. 10
From harmony, from heavenly harmony,
This universal frame began;
From harmony to harmony
Through all the compass of the notes it ran,
The diapason closing full in Man. 15

What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
When Jubal struck the chorded shell,
His listening brethren stood around,
And, wondering, on their faces fell
To worship that celestial sound; 20
Less than a God they thought there could not dwell
Within the hollow of that shell,
That spoke so sweetly and so well.
What passion cannot Music raise and quell?

The trumpet's loud clangour 25
Excites us to arms
With shrill notes of anger
And mortal alarms.
The double double double beat
Of the thundering drum 30
Cries, Hark! the foes come;
Charge, charge, 'tis too late to retreat!

The soft complaining flute
In dying notes discovers
The woes of hopeless lovers, 35
Whose dirge is whisper'd by the warbling lute.
Sh