Early German music in Philadelphia

by Robert Rutherford Drummond

Attended by a Band of heav’nly Music,

The Harp symphonious, and the solemn Pipe

The Dulcimer, all Organs of sweet Stop,

Along the starry Pavement up he rode;

While instant Nature heard the Song harmonious.

And listening Planets ceas’d to fill their Orbs.

“While Harmony divine knows to controul

The boistrous Passions of the human Soul,

Whilst Organ’s dulcet Notes the Breast inspire.

With true Devotion, and a sacred Fire;