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Music.
MUSIC .
Orreat and stirring events usually bring latent faculties into active operation . The commotion in India appears just now to engulf every other topic of conversation , whether its bearing be social or political . In fact , the minds of men of all classes are turned more or less eastward , from the erudite functionary to whom the woolsack is not soft , down to the humble artisan who wears both himself and the day out at the loom , the bench , or the forge . It can excite , therefore , but little surprise that pens and tongues should be all astif about the state of affairs
in the East . The orator vents his pent-up indignation in heavy denunciations ; while the poet , working more quietly , embodies large and grave thoughts in the narrow framework of an ode or a song , which frequently has in it the elements of endurance when declamation has lost its point , no matter how lofty its character or polished its periods . War-songs seldom " tell" with a general public until heard over and over again , so that the spirit of poet and musician may be infused into the mind .
Of the two songs before us of this bellicose character , one is intitled , " The Sable Flag Rebellion rears ; " and the other , " Stand as an Oak . " The words of both are from the pen of Mr . Charles Box , and the music by Bro . Thos . Lawler . Essentially the " Sable Flag "is a cavatina . It contains many fine and daring flights ; and is altogether stamped with effective and musician-like writing . The
other song , " Stand as an Oak , is composed more sweetly for the general run of male singers . It has a fine bold outset , and at the close of each verse the opening strain is turned into a short chorus of simple but extremely effective harmonies . The words are very far beyond the ordinary range ; they show a considerable depth of thought , and the ideas intended to be conveyed at once strike the imagination by their force and texture . We predict for both songs a reward proportionate to their merit .
Think Not Of Wrongs :
THINK NOT OF WRONGS :
( A Ballad ) By Bro . Charles Sloman . Think not of wrongs , —ev ' ry man hath a reason For that which he doth with an aim and an end ; Deem you but this , that a word in due season
May turn him from wrath , and your foe make your friend . Look you awhile on the sun while he ' s smiling , — To burn or to warm , to him power belongs ; Then remember his goodness , and be not reviling , Take the bright side of all things , and think not of wrongs . Think not of wrongs , let a fault be forgiven :
We all have our errors , then be not unkind ; The snow-drift of winter o ' er Nature is driven , But the lamb is attemper'd , though shorn , to the wind . We have each of us faults , which weare not perceiving , Then why should we censure the rest of the throngs ; So though injuries perchance may our bosoms be grieving , Let ' s banish their mem ' ry and think not of wrongs .
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Music.
MUSIC .
Orreat and stirring events usually bring latent faculties into active operation . The commotion in India appears just now to engulf every other topic of conversation , whether its bearing be social or political . In fact , the minds of men of all classes are turned more or less eastward , from the erudite functionary to whom the woolsack is not soft , down to the humble artisan who wears both himself and the day out at the loom , the bench , or the forge . It can excite , therefore , but little surprise that pens and tongues should be all astif about the state of affairs
in the East . The orator vents his pent-up indignation in heavy denunciations ; while the poet , working more quietly , embodies large and grave thoughts in the narrow framework of an ode or a song , which frequently has in it the elements of endurance when declamation has lost its point , no matter how lofty its character or polished its periods . War-songs seldom " tell" with a general public until heard over and over again , so that the spirit of poet and musician may be infused into the mind .
Of the two songs before us of this bellicose character , one is intitled , " The Sable Flag Rebellion rears ; " and the other , " Stand as an Oak . " The words of both are from the pen of Mr . Charles Box , and the music by Bro . Thos . Lawler . Essentially the " Sable Flag "is a cavatina . It contains many fine and daring flights ; and is altogether stamped with effective and musician-like writing . The
other song , " Stand as an Oak , is composed more sweetly for the general run of male singers . It has a fine bold outset , and at the close of each verse the opening strain is turned into a short chorus of simple but extremely effective harmonies . The words are very far beyond the ordinary range ; they show a considerable depth of thought , and the ideas intended to be conveyed at once strike the imagination by their force and texture . We predict for both songs a reward proportionate to their merit .
Think Not Of Wrongs :
THINK NOT OF WRONGS :
( A Ballad ) By Bro . Charles Sloman . Think not of wrongs , —ev ' ry man hath a reason For that which he doth with an aim and an end ; Deem you but this , that a word in due season
May turn him from wrath , and your foe make your friend . Look you awhile on the sun while he ' s smiling , — To burn or to warm , to him power belongs ; Then remember his goodness , and be not reviling , Take the bright side of all things , and think not of wrongs . Think not of wrongs , let a fault be forgiven :
We all have our errors , then be not unkind ; The snow-drift of winter o ' er Nature is driven , But the lamb is attemper'd , though shorn , to the wind . We have each of us faults , which weare not perceiving , Then why should we censure the rest of the throngs ; So though injuries perchance may our bosoms be grieving , Let ' s banish their mem ' ry and think not of wrongs .