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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISSONANCE, by T. A. WIGGINTON
First Line: An age - old song, in mystic minstrelsy
Last Line: While harmony swept on to joy.
Subject(s): Fights; Love
First Line: An age - old song, in mystic minstrelsy
Last Line: While harmony swept on to joy.
Subject(s): Fights; Love
An age-old song, in mystic minstrelsy
Of rhythmic thought and pulsing fire,
Swept through two hearts in tender harmony
Of quickened love and high desire.
Then came a strident note as of a fife,
A snarl, as of a beaten snare,
A harsh, metallic clash like cymbals, rife
With friction, fear and fretting care.
And then love's low, deep-breathing bourdon note,
As elemental as the sea,
Submerging discord in its ancient rote
Of that which was and yet must be.
About this deep, enduring, steadfast tone
New faith sang peace without alloy,
Heart strings a lilting rapture all their own,
While harmony swept on to joy.
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