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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MINUET OF MOZART'S, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Across the dimly lighted room
Last Line: Was drowned within the wave of night.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
First Line: Across the dimly lighted room
Last Line: Was drowned within the wave of night.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Across the dimly lighted room
The violin drew wefts of sound,
Airily they wove and wound
And glimmered gold against the gloom.
I watched the music turn to light,
But at the pausing of the bow,
The web was broken and the glow
Was drowned within the wave of night.
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