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The article examines John Milton's and George Wither's view of the vocal charms portrayed in their religious lyric poetry of "Hymnes and Songs of the Church," "Schollers Purgatory," "Nativity Ode," and "Areopagitica" in the context of the Reformation. The author provides background information on both poets, discusses their use of hymn in their poetry, and interprets each poem.

The article discusses the anonymous sixteenth-century lyric "Westron Wynde," with particular focus given to its popularity and the ambiguous nature of its syntax and the relationship between the first and second lines. The symbolic significance of the west wind is also commented on