Living language …

… Laudator Temporis Acti: Verbal Music. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

"… the litany of the Blessed Virgin that was part of the enforced poetry in our household: Tower of Gold, Ark of the Covenant, Gate of Heaven, Morning Star, Health of the Sick, Refuge of Sinners, Comforter of the Afflicted … were bedding the ear with a kind of linguistic hardcore that could be built on some day."

 Some people even are affected by the sense as well as the sound.