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Better – than Music! For I – who heard it –
I was used – to the Birds – before –
This – was different – ‘Twas Translation –
Of all tunes I knew – and more –
‘Twasn’t contained – like other stanza –
No one could play it – the second time –
But the Composer – perfect Mozart –
Perish with him – that Keyless Rhyme!
So – Children – told how Brooks in Eden –
Bubbled a better – Melody –
Quaintly infer – Eve’s great surrender –
Urging the feet – that would – not – fly –
Children – matured – are wiser – mostly –
Eden – a legend – dimly told –
Eve – and the Anguish – Grandame’s story –
But – I was telling a tune – I heard –
Not such a strain – the Church – baptizes –
When the last Saint – goes up the Aisles –
Not such a stanza splits the silence –
When the Redemption strikes her Bells –
Let me not spill – its smallest cadence –
Humming – for promise – when alone –
Humming – until my faint Rehearsal –
Drop into tune – around the Throne –
(Emily Dickinson)
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