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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ESSIPOFF, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER Poet's Biography
First Line: What is her playing like?
Last Line: By wandering mortal, who forgets his heavy woes.
Subject(s): Essipoff, Annette (1855-1937); Music & Musicians; Esipova, Anna Nikolayevna
First Line: What is her playing like?
Last Line: By wandering mortal, who forgets his heavy woes.
Subject(s): Essipoff, Annette (1855-1937); Music & Musicians; Esipova, Anna Nikolayevna
I
WHAT is her playing like?
I ask -- while dreaming here under her music's power.
'T is like the leaves of the dark passion-flower
Which grows on a strong vine whose roots, oh, deep they sink,
Deep in the ground, that flower's pure life to drink.
II
What is her playing like?
'T is like a bird
Who, singing in a wild-wood, never knows
That its lone melody is heard
By wandering mortal, who forgets his heavy woes.
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