Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889
Music
By Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860)[Born in Bucks Co., Penn., 1778. Died in Philadelphia, Penn., 1860. Portfolio of an Artist. 1839.]
M
Measured by a master hand,
Fills with joy the lover’s bower,
Animates the patriot band—
Music, voice of nature! still
Lead me captive to thy will.
Spirit of the painter’s art!
Eloquence whose strains control
Boundless mind or bursting heart,—
Music, voice of nature! still
Lead me captive to thy will.