As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes; and as poetry is a rise above prose and oratory, so is music the exaltation of poetry.

- Henry Purcell

Poetry and painting have arrived to their perfection in our own country; music is yet but in its nonage [immaturity], a forward Child, which gives ho…

- Henry Purcell

I attempt from love's sickness to fly.

- Henry Purcell

Christ is made the sure foundation

- Henry Purcell