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JAN KUBELIK by CARL SANDBURG

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First Line: YOUR BOW SWEPT OVER A STRING, AND A LONG LOW NOTE
Last Line: (ALL THE GIRLS IN BOHEMIA ARE LAUGHING ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE HILLS WITH THEIR LOVERS.)
Subject(s): KUBELIK, JAN (1880-1940); MUSIC & MUSICIANS;
YOUR bow swept over a string, and a long low note quivered to the air.
(A mother of Bohemia sobs over a new child perfect learning to suck milk.)

Your bow ran fast over all the high strings fluttering and wild.
(All the girls in Bohemia are laughing on a Sunday afternoon in the hills with their lovers.)



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