Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SYMPHONY, by HENRY MORGAN STONE


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A SYMPHONY, by                    
First Line: Sweet melody with rippling hair
Last Line: Her ribbon-streaming tamborine.
Subject(s): Music & Musicians


(Allegretto)

Sweet melody with rippling hair
And mantle curving on the air,
In faultless mazes winds around
Through all the free extent of sound.

(Andante Maestoso)

Now calm, majestic is her tread,
With stately pose and lofty head;
A star upon her forehead burns,
As goddess-like she moves and turns.

(Vivace non troppo)

Then quick with supple waist she trips
Adown the lawn with hands on hips,
And swaying head and laughing eye, —
A simple witch-maid dancing by.

(Adagio)

Now slow and sad her measured pace,
With drooping head and tearful face.
Her sable garments sweep the sands,
Bereaved, a mourning queen she stands.

(Allegro Vivacissimo)

Then whirling in ecstatic rings,
Her tangled tresses free she flings,
And beats, 'mid filmy gauze's sheen,
Her ribbon-streaming tamborine.





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