Diffused unseen throughout eternal Space”
Which men call Music; and that he had risen
Even to a monthly salary of ten francs,
Wherewith were many pleasing perquisites;
And that he played the organ in Saint Mark’s,
As all the world allowed, in perfect time.
Up rose a buzz of strangest wonderment,
Or, as ’tis writ, Di che restarono
Più maravigliati; for they all
Were much amazed that such a common man—