Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET: 3, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH


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First Line: Ah, happy time! When music bound in one
Last Line: Art's standard high as dome or minaret.
Subject(s): Music & Musicians; Soul


AH, happy time! when music bound in one
Two kindred souls that ne'er were out of tune:
When in the porch, beneath the summer moon,
Our supper o'er, our school-boy lessons done,
While other lads were at some boisterous fun,
We trilled our Tara's Hall or Bonnie Doon:
Or in some fire-lit wintry afternoon,
Our flutes, you first, I second, bravely won
Their winding path through many a tough duet;
Nor cared for plaudits louder than the praise
Mother or sisters, in those simple days,
Well pleased, bestowed: ah, sweeter than we met
In after-life, from critics pledged to raise
Art's standard high as dome or minaret.





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