There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid st…

Thomas Browne
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There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument. ✨ 'Religio Medici' (1643) pt. 2, sect. 9
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There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument. ✨ 'Religio Medici' (1643) pt. 2, sect. 9

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