Note 24 — Zhukovsky.
John Bowring translation
The harps of the bards were believed to emit melancholy and unwonted sounds prophetic or commemorative of the death of any renowned and worthy person. This was attributed to the light touch of ghosts. The music was called the warning voice of the dead.
The harps of the bards untouched, sound mournful over the hill.—Temora.
The lone blast torched their trembling strings: the sound is sad an low.—Ibid.