We almost lost our minds through that mad sky:
It blinds us with its fire or its snow,
And, baring teeth, like any beast of wild,
Old winter hides in April very slow. ...
How dark and heavyâ??s the deliriumâ??s embrace!
How theyâ??re turbid under moon â?? the heights!
To have touched Violin for so many years
And not distinguish those Strings in light! ...
My lifeâ??s burdenâ??s for me light and shone,
I wonâ??t you to be baffled or wound;
And not God, who had thought on a stone â??
I do pity the stone heâ??s found. ...
My eyes forgot the heavens- blue,
To them the sun-s dust is not gold,
But I live just one substance through,
That-s to the amethyst-s planes owned. ...
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(With apologies to the singer of the “Song of the Banjo”.)
I'm a homely little bit of tin and bone;
I'm beloved by the Legion of the Lost;
I haven't got a “vox humana” tone,
And a dime or two will satisfy my cost.
I don't attempt your high-falutin' flights;
I am more or less uncertain on the key;
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