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MUSIC WITHIN A MIRROR by DHAN GOPAL MUKERJI

First Line: THE LAKE, A SILVER MIRROR IN A FRAME OF GREEN
Last Line: SWAN-MADE CURVES, ITS TUNE, ITS MEASURE, AND TONE.
Subject(s): PAINTINGS AND PAINTERS;

The lake, a silver mirror in a frame of green;
The swans on it but white fancies in a whiter dream.

The enchanted bowl of blue below the rim,
But a goblet with liquid diamonds, filled to the brim.

White within white, a song in a sea,
Painted within a mirror, green hill and tree.

Moveless music, without murmur or moan;
Swan-made curves, its tune, its measure, and tone.



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