Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MUSIC, by ARTHUR PETERSON


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First Line: His light baton the leader waves
Last Line: Am I, with heaven my dwelling-place.
Subject(s): Music & Musicians


His light baton the leader waves,
The violinist draws his bow,
And round me streams of music flow,
Wherein my joyful spirit laves.

O dulcet sounds! Well can I tell
That born ye were in Italy;
Whose tuneful measures have, for me,
A sweetness inexpressible.

O dulcet sounds, upon whose wing
My spirit mounts to other sphere,
Is it a choir divine I hear,
And angels that in rapture sing?

Ye seize my soul in swift embrace,
And bear it from the things of earth;
A being of celestial birth
Am I, with Heaven my dwelling-place.





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