In which true peace accords with perfect love;

Each living instrument the breath that plays

Upon its strings from chord to chord conveys,

And to one end so perfectly they move

That nothing jars the eternal harmony

Love melts each voice, Love lifts its accents high,

Love beats the time, presides o’er ev’ry string;

Th’ angelic orchestra one signal sways.

The sound becomes more sweet the more it strays

Through varying changes, in harmonious maze;