Diapaʹson

Dryden says—

“From harmony, from heavenly harmony

The universal frame began;

From harmony to harmony

Throʹ all the compass of the notes it ran,

The diapason closing full in man.”

Song for St. Cecilia’s Day.

According to the Pythagoreʹan system, the world is a piece of harmony, and man the full chord.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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