Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MUSIC, by ORVILLE GOULD WHEELER


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First Line: I like the music even of my dreams
Last Line: And softly usher in the gentle night.
Subject(s): Music & Musicians


I like the music even of my dreams,
When on my spirit Angels seem to play;
And when the dawn awakes its purple gleams,
How sweetly music greets the opening day!
E'en sultry noon hath only pleasant toil,
If songs the weary laborer rejoice:
And round the heart melodious numbers coil,
Whether of warbling bird or loved one's voice.

To me 'tis sweetest when the sun declines
And folds around him, loose, his robe of gold,
And, lying on his gorgeous couch, resigns
His realm, that stars may brief dominion hold:
Music, to hush to rest the sleepy light
And softly usher in the gentle night.





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