God Knows the Price of Tuning Forks

Music: Qui Passe: for My Ladye Nevell. By William Byrd. Sequenced by Lory Werths.

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God knows the price of tuning forks, And alphabets, and astral signs. Beside the passion of the flame Reclines a squat and jealous name; Inside the tyranny of lines Endures a sweet, soft-scented shame, Loosing stays, and words, and corks.