First Line: TELL ME, O MUSIC, WHY THE BLISS YOU BRING Last Line: "BORN TO BE BEAUTIFUL -- BUT BORN TO DIE." Subject(s): MUSIC & MUSICIANS; PAIN; SUFFERING; MISERY;
TELL me, O Music, why the bliss you bring Comes edged with pain from every shaken string? "We are but wraiths," the woodwinds wailed reply, "Born to be beautiful -- but born to die."
