THE AUDIENCE
Intently leans the avid sage
We name The Audience. His mood
Invites a vigorous prelude
Of sound, the silence to assuage,—
We name The Audience. His mood
Invites a vigorous prelude
Of sound, the silence to assuage,—
The silence in sequestered sources
Of his being. (Albeit his mind
And soul and heart may be like wind-
Awakened rivers in their courses.)
Of his being. (Albeit his mind
And soul and heart may be like wind-
Awakened rivers in their courses.)
In dear, attenuated line,
The violin a theme avers.
It is this theme as it recurs
That forms the plenary design,—
The violin a theme avers.
It is this theme as it recurs
That forms the plenary design,—
This theme, which the composer's love
Could never deal with twice the same;
Submissive cellos now proclaim
It; louder clarions above
Could never deal with twice the same;
Submissive cellos now proclaim
It; louder clarions above
Now give it wise embellishment.
In unsuspected ways, all strings
And pipes resume it, altering
Their rhythms to be more eloquent.
In unsuspected ways, all strings
And pipes resume it, altering
Their rhythms to be more eloquent.
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