Ebook The Scottish Songstress

Who can tell the power of music and of song? Although the essence of time, they transcend time. As the wind or as the sunshine, their influence is everywhere, yet undefined. It may be like a breeze or a storm, a stray ray or the meridian glory. It is all around us. We are but the losers if our capacity be small. Oliver Wendell Holmes calls music a "bath for the soul." Shall we call it a tideless sea, or an atmosphere of light?