Word: aeolian
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Dates: during 1877-1877
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...with-full exultant strength to carry in the noblest harmony the lofty song; and anon. while the multitudinous air was still pulsing with rich vibrations, you have heard a rare, sweet strain floating from a single instrument, and, voicing itself among the lessening chords, like the notes of an AEolian harp above the diapason of the sea-waves, filling the air with tremulous beauty, and breathing into the soul of the listener the tearful happiness of perfect pleasure...