Note to Romeo and Juliet, 4.5.126-128 "When griping griefs the heart doth wound, / And doleful dumps the mind oppress, / Then music with her silver sound . . ."


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These lines are from Richard Edwards' "In Commendation of Music," published in the Paradise of Dainty Devices, 1576. Lines 142-143 are the following lines from the same song, with a slight alteration. The idea of the song is that music is a God-given gift with the power to relieve grief.