Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, STREET MUSICIANS, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT


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First Line: As once a noisy car bore me along
Last Line: O give me peace that I the whole may hear!
Subject(s): Music & Musicians


As once a noisy car bore me along,
I met a group of street musicians. They
Were near me, but I could not hear them play, --
I only marked the influence of their song:
The violinist's eyes flash at the throng,
The harper's fingers through the dumb strings stray.
I saw the girl's throat swell, as in her lay
She found a moment she would fain prolong.
Thy saints their glorious viols strike, O Lord,
I see them stand and know they sing to me;
But life's confusion dulls my spirit's ear.
I catch, now here, now there, some broken chord,
Though my ears strain towards heaven's minstrelsy.
O give me peace that I the whole may hear!





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