William James Henderson

Modern Musical Drift William James Henderson

Mr FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE JAMES HUNEKER, Dear James: Beside the ebonS tyx The hrood harmonious wanders slow. A backward gajse on earth they fix And askf here doth dear Music gof I fancy PaU strina stares And goodS carlatti gasps for breathy While Handel with his figured airs Bemoans poor Musics early death. Old Haydn shakes his long peruke And Mo%art voags his pendant cue. As both record their soft rebuke: What is it that these moderns dot A lone in all that troubled throng One moves with calm unruffled brow} For stillS ebastian svoice is strong To say Twas I who taught them how. So when the storms scordant brew, Tou smile at me across the houses For well you know theres noting new. Not even (pardon !) in yourS
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