Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joy
Be heap’d like mine and that thy skill be more
To blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath
This neighbour air, and let rich music’s tongue
Unfold the imagined happiness that both
Receive in either by this dear encounter.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 6. In a passage full of joy and happiness, Romeo asks his bride-to-be Juliet to sweeten the air by singing out about their joyful love. Music is personified as having a "tongue."