Book 14
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But I, though I could still say a good deal about music, yet, as I hear the noise of flutes, I will check my desire for talking, and only quote you the lines out of the Amateur of the Flute, by Philetærus— O Jove, it were a happy thing to die While playing on the flute. For flute-players Are th' only men who in the shades below Feel the soft power and taste the bliss of Venus. But those whose coarser minds know nought of music, Pour water always into bottomless casks.
