Lyric Poem · Peace
To Music: a Song
Music, thou queen of heaven, care-charming spell,
That strik'st a stillness into hell;
Thou that tam'st tigers, and fierce storms, that rise,
With thy soul-melting lullabies;
Fall down, down, down, from those thy chiming spheres
To charm our souls, as thou enchant'st our ears.
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“To Music: a Song” by Robert Herrick — quilloak.com/poems/to-music-a-song
Quick facts
- Poem
- To Music: a Song
- Poet
- Robert Herrick
- Length
- 6 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Peace, Short
Text, source & rights
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- Author record
- Robert Herrick1591–1674
- Source record
- PoetryDBTo Music: a Song by robert-herrick, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 8730225553611b6d…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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