John Henry Newman

Here you will find the Poem Introduction to an Album of poet John Henry Newman

Introduction to an Album

I am a harp of many chords, and each 
Strung by a separate hand;?most musical 
My notes, discoursing with the mental sense, 
Not the outward ear. Try them, they will reply 
With wisdom, fancy, graceful gaiety, 
Or ready wit, or happy sentiment. 
Come, add a string to my assort of sounds; 
Widen the compass of my harmony; 
And join thyself in fellowship of name 
With those, whose courteous labour and fair gifts 
Have given me voice, and made me what I am.