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THE LUTE-PLAYER by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: HE TOUCHED THE STRINGS; AND LO, THE STRAIN
Last Line: AND WAKENED IT TO LIGHT AND SOUND.
Subject(s): LUTES;
He touched the strings; and lo, the strain,
As waters dimple to the rain,
Spontaneous rose and fell again.

In swaddling clothes of silence bound,
His genius a soul had found,
And wakened it to light and sound.



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