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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CONCERT, by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, was it all a fantasy Last Line: All paradise is in the street. Alternate Author Name(s): Radford, Ernest, Mrs. Subject(s): Music & Musicians | |||
AH, was it all a fantasy, You in your distant stall, The silver stream of melody Which floated through the hall, And I, in my obscurer place, Gazing upon your flower face? Around you how the music clung And trembled, till a sea Of passion was unbound and swung Between your face and me; And you were hidden from my sight, Plunged into waves of blackest night. And when the strife and tumult ceased, The music wandered far, From all its human load released, To moon and evening star, Where a few notes most clear and true Pierced the deep Heaven's deepest blue. Ah, was it all a fantasy! The outer world we reach, As cold and distant as may be, A stranger, each to each; But in my heart a sound so sweet, All Paradise is in the street. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINER NOTES TO AN IMAGINARY PLAYLIST by TERRANCE HAYES VARIATIONS: 13 by CONRAD AIKEN BELIEVE, BELIEVE by BOB KAUFMAN ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE POWER OF MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES TO MY CHILDREN: 3 by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD |
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