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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A COMPOSER, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poet's Biography First Line: He heard a music that he could not snatch Last Line: To hide a grave's enduring melodies. | |||
He heard a music that he could not snatch From moods' and muses' fitful higher flight. He wrote the lower strains his ears could catch; But in despair, his name he would not write. He died. His sweet unfathered songs survived, True, human voices of the life that is. Men praised: but only knew the name contrived To hide a grave's enduring melodies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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