FIRST PART.LIFE'S JOYS AND SORROWS.1783 TO 1815.
1.TO THE ELECTOR OF COLOGNE, FREDERICK MAXIMILIAN.
ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE,--
Music from my fourth year has ever been my favorite pursuit. Thus early introduced to the sweet Muse, who attuned my soul to pure harmony, I loved her, and sometimes ventured to think that I was beloved by her in return. I have now attained my eleventh year, and my Muse often whispered to me in hours of inspiration,--Try to...
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