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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MUSIC MYSTERY, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography
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
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."
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