I.
—A bird contents itself
with a certain series of notes
& such is called
a song brought out on parade.
It is found as an acoustic fact
that the whole of notes is divided
into a number of short flights
& these become
the music—
V.
—In music,
the definite order
in which ideas are presented
appears
poetic, & this variety of light and shade
is most germane
to that later school of music, which
through the medium of voices & instruments,
gives a clear & useful idea of .
singing, its innermost framework &
structure—
VI.
—Think of the piano
& then he may
come into the world in this way,
or cathedrals.
Inspiration there must be, but design also.
Here we learn something from the methods of
the poet:
that one must have the habit of reflection,
& a readiness to—
