Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEETHOVEN, by SARAH MARGARET FULLER


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BEETHOVEN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Most intellectual master of the art
Last Line: Notes of high triumph swell, and we are thine again!
Alternate Author Name(s): Fuller, Margaret; Ossoli, Marchioness; Ossoli, Margaret Fuller
Subject(s): Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827); Composers; Music & Musicians


Most intellectual master of the art,
Which, best of all, teaches the mind of man
The universe in all its varied plan —
What strangely mingled thoughts thy strains impart!
Here the faint tenor thrills the inmost heart,
There the rich bass the Reason's balance shows;
Here breathes the softest sigh that Love e'er knows;
There sudden fancies, seeming without chart,
Float into wildest breezy interludes;
The part is all forgot — hopes sweetly breathe,
And our whole being glows — when lo! beneath
The flowery brink, Despair's deep sob concludes!
Startled, we try to free us from the chain —
Notes of high triumph swell, and we are thine again!





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