The poem is a Shakespearean sonnet that vividly reimagines Psalm 150:3–5 as an exuberant, all-encompassing call to worship. It portrays praise to God as a swelling musical and kinetic symphony in which every instrument and every form of joyful expression must participate without restraint:

• Quatrain 1 (lines 1–4): Begins with the bold sounds of trumpet, psaltery, and harp, joined by the rhythmic beat of the timbrel and the lively motion of dance.
• Quatrain 2 (lines 5–8): Adds strings, pipes (organs), loud cymbals, and high-sounding brass, urging every note and rhythm to break free in triumphant adoration of the Lord.
• Quatrain 3 / Volta (lines 9–12): Declares that silence has no place; instead, winds, strings, percussion, voices, and dance unite in a grand, unending crescendo—a vast symphony of worship.
• Couplet (lines 13–14): Concludes with the ultimate unity of purpose: let every breath and being join together to offer ceaseless praise to God, whose glory endures forever.

In essence, the sonnet transforms the Psalm’s list of instruments and actions into a single, surging wave of praise that sweeps up all creation in joyful, unrestrained devotion, culminating in the famous closing imperative of Psalm 150:6 (“Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD”). It is both a poetic celebration of musical diversity in worship and a fervent exhortation to total, harmonious surrender in glorifying God.

In trumpet’s blaze let praise to heaven ring,
With psaltery sweet and harp’s melodious strain;
Let timbrel’s beat and dancing footsteps sing,
While strings and pipes their glad refrain maintain.
Upon loud cymbals clash the mighty sound,
And high-resounding brass in triumph roar;
Let every note and rhythm be unbound,
To hail the Lord whom all creation adore.
No silence dare restrain the joyful throng,
But winds and strings, percussion, voice, and dance
In grand crescendo lift their ceaseless song—
A symphony of worship’s vast expanse.
So let all breath and being join as one:
Praise Him whose glory never shall be done.