The Harp Of Andrew Marvell
I.
O Marvell’s harp! I dare to wake
Thy silent strings for Freedom’s sake,
To sing how vain thy boast
Of Cromwell’s conquering host!
II.
O Marvell’s self! arise instead,
To warn the living by the dead,
How Freedom may be lost,
Though won at bloody cost!
III.
A nation, weak amid her might,
Sent forth her lowliest to the fight,
Until by men enslaved
The free themselves were saved.
IV.
But, O victorious state! — unjust,
Perfidious, false to Freedom’s trust! —
Thy feet are trampling now
The men who crowned thy brow!
V
Before the Judge of all the earth,
Men hold an equal rank of birth,
An equal law of breath,
An equal dust of death.
VI.
O Freedom! open thou a grave,
Where every king, where every slave,
Shall cast in crown and chain,
Till only men remain!
VII.
Meanwhile, I lay thee on the ground,
O harp! nor smite thee to a sound,
For now a poet’s stroke
Is vain to break a yoke.
VIII.
But when the tardy earth hath rolled
Her kingdoms to the age of gold,
A poet by his song
Shall crumble down a wrong!
– Theodore Tilton
Documents
- 01 – Sandpoint – Set Chords
- 02 – Sandpoint – Tune Chords
- 03 – Sandpoint – Set Dots
- Blarney Stone Pub Tunebook – A collection of tunes played at the Blarney Stone Pub, San Diego, California
- Circle of Fifths – A guide to understanding keys and transposing
- Dr. Coop's Compiation of Songs Songs and words, traditional and of the Sea
- Green's Tunebook – Green’s Collection of tunes
- Green's Tunebook ABC ABC Notation for Green’s Tunebook
- Jamrock Tunes – Some of the Basic tunes played by Jamrocks
- John Walsh's Sesson Tunes – Learn these tunes if you want to play most tunes at sessions!
- Paul Hardy's Tunebook Folk music sessions tunes around Cambridge, England and Redlands, California
- The Music Lover's Treasury Poetry about Music. Lovely.
- Tips Form – Create a custom tips form for fundraising
- Tunes Often Heard – A good working list of tunes often heard in the Detroit area. Especially good for beginners who want to learn tunes that will likely be played at local sessions.
- Tunes Often Heard ABC ABC Notation for Tunes Often Heard