The Vision Of Mirza

Joseph Addison (1672 –  1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine.  Addison began writing essays quite casually. In April 1709, his childhood friend, Richard Steele, started The Tatler.

In “The Vision Of Mirza” narrator is having a conversation with a genius man who was playing a musical instrument up the mountain. At first, the speaker was alone in the mountain, until he heard a man playing an instrument. His music was so sweet that the speaker was attracted to it and went to see the player of that instrument. As the speaker sees him, the genius man told him to sit in a top of a high rock. Get acquainted with an incredible piece of literature!