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In Twelfth Night, the Duke uses music with another psychological purpose:

The same idea is expressed by Cleopatra,

It is invoked by Queen Catherine to dispel sadness:

In some sad moods, however, it cannot be endured, as when in deep misery Richard II. exclaims,

But enough of this: it would be wearisome to quote all Shakespeare's references to this most refined of sensual pleasures, of which it cannot be doubted that he was passionately fond. Collins' Ode, in which music is made to express in turn the voice of all the passions, does not indicate so sensitive an ear, and so true an appreciation of its influence on the mind, as that which pervades the dramas of Shakespeare.