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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PIANO-ORGAN, by AMY LEVY Poet's Biography First Line: My student lamp is lighted Last Line: The tune twirls on and on. Subject(s): Organs (musical Instruments) | |||
MY student-lamp is lighted, The books and papers are spread ; A sound comes floating upwards, Chasing the thoughts from my head. I open the garret window, Let the music in and the moon ; See the woman grin for coppers, While the man grinds out the tune. Grind me a dirge or a requiem, Or a funeral-march sad and slow, But not, O not, that waltz tune I heard so long ago. I stand upright by the window, The moonlight streams in wan : -- O God ! with its changeless rise and fall The tune twirls on and on. | 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 THE ORGAN (ALLEGRO) by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE 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 LONDON PLANE-TREE by AMY LEVY EPITAPH (ON A COMMONPLACE PERSON WHO DIED IN BED) by AMY LEVY |
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