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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ORGAN (ALLEGRO), by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE First Line: Gift of the faithful, the eloquent organ Last Line: All these mellifluous voices you bring with you! Subject(s): Organs (musical Instruments) | |||
Gift of the faithful, the eloquent organ, Gracing the loft that faces the transept, Waits for the master to waken the spirit Forth from the marvellous heart of the instrument. Silent as yet are the tall golden bourdons, Motionless lie the powerful bellows; Closed are the stops, all inert are the pedals: They will respond at the hour of the festival. Come, O breath of the gale from the ocean, Come from the far distant murmuring forest, Come from the reeds that sigh by the river: It is your music the master makes manifest. Songs of the warblers, the soughing of branches, Waterfalls, mountain-brooks, silverly tinkling, Echo of lakes when the ice shouts his pæan All these mellifluous voices you bring with you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHORD by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER THE ORGANIST by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE ORGANIST IN HEAVEN (SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY) by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN AN IMPROMPTU; ... FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE GREAT ORGAN by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE ORGAN-BLOWER by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES LAMENT OF THE ORGANIST OF NOTRE-DAME DE NICE by JULES LAFORGUE THE SYLVAN MUSICIAN by CYRIL A. LINGEMANN ON A MEMORIAL ORGAN by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) A RUSSIAN FANTASY by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE APOSTROPHE TO JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (PRESTISSIMO) by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE |
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