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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO BEETHOVEN, by CLARA BOYNTON HADLEY
First Line: What music did'st thou hear
Last Line: What thou did'st comprehend.
Subject(s): Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827); Composers; Music & Musicians
First Line: What music did'st thou hear
Last Line: What thou did'st comprehend.
Subject(s): Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827); Composers; Music & Musicians
What music did'st thou hear
From realms unknown to us,
What glories did'st thou sense
Beyond our ken?
We would be raised to lofty heights,
That we perchance might glimpse
What thou did'st comprehend.
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