Calvary
Spohr, Louis Excerpt from Calvary: An OratorioAye sung before the sapphire-coloured throne To Him that sits thereon, With saintly shout and solemn jubilee.If there be truth as well as poetry in this sentiment, then are the musician and the poet de serving of honour in proportion as they labour to accomplish the high and holy purpose to which it points, in proportion as they succeed in carrying the mind out of the walks of every-day life, in order to raise ...