Short Strain of Music from the Orchestra

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Short Strain of Music from the Orchestra by Thomas Moore. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 4, 2024. ------ [1]"A certain Spaniard, one night late, met an Indian woman in the streets of Cozco, and would have taken her to his home, but she cried out, 'For God's sake, Sir, let me go; for that pipe, which you hear in yonder tower, calls me with great passion, and I cannot refuse the summons; for love constrains me to go, that I may be his wife, and he my husband.'"—"Garcilasso de la Véga," in Sir Paul Ryeaut's translation.