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AMOR TRIUMPHANS: 12. CHOPIN by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS

Poet Analysis

First Line: O PASSIONATE MUSIC BEATING THE TROUBLED BEAT
Last Line: OF ALL PASSIONATE, WOUNDED, CAPRICIOUS, CONSUMING HEARTS.
Subject(s): CHOPIN, FREDERIC FRANCOIS (1810-1849);

O passionate music beating the troubled beat
I have heard in my heart, in the wind, in the passing of feet,
In the passing of dreams, when on heart-throbbing wings they move;

O passionate music pallid with ghostly fears,
Chill with the coming of rain, the beginning of tears,
I come to you, fleeing you, finding you, fever of love!

When I am sleepless at night and I play through the night,
Lest I hear a voice, lest I see, appealing and white,
The face that never, in dreams or at dawn, departs,
Then it is, shuddering music my hands have played,
I find you, fleeing you, finding you, music, made
Of all passionate, wounded, capricious, consuming hearts.



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