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INTERLUDE (ALLEGRO), by                    
First Line: Now swells a martial symphony
Last Line: Whoever knew its talisman!
Subject(s): Music & Musicians


Now swells a martial symphony,
Wherein the speechless ecstasy
Of genius wrought to whitest heat
Finds its expression so complete
That blended wood and brass and strings
And the great organ's cadencings
Lift men and bear them far away,
As in the old, miraculous day
King Solomon's magic carpet bore
From town to town, from shore to shore,
From Palestine to Turkestan,
From Ispahan to Candahar,
Nay, even to the evening star,
Whoever knew its talisman!





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