Nature
Song: Sound, Sound Aloud
From The Masque of Blackness
Nature
Sound, sound aloud
The welcome of the orient flood,
Into the west;
Fair Niger, son to great Oceanus,
Now honour'd, thus,
With all his beauteous race:
Who, though but black in face,
Yet are they bright,
And full of life and light,
To prove that beauty best,
Which, not the colour, but the feature
Assures unto the creature.
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Codex Note
Headed Song in the masque; sung by a tenor and two trebles.
Cite this poem
MLA
Jonson, Ben. “Song: Sound, Sound Aloud.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/281/.
Chicago
Jonson, Ben. “Song: Sound, Sound Aloud.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/281/.
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