Steal This Poem: Xi Kang

Since my youth I have loved Music,
Have practiced it all my life.
Things Prosper and Decay,
But Music never changes,
Music Endures.
Tastes may satiate,
But Music never palls.
It Guides and Nurtures
Spirit,
It Elevates and Harmonizes
Emotion,
It brings Solace
To the wretched ...
Music surpasses
All the Arts.

— Xi Kang, Chinese poet, musician and member of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (song titled Rhapsody on the Lute)