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The entrails of a cat,--some rusty wood,-- - ZaunköniG - 23.07.2007 The entrails of a cat,--some rusty wood,-- Certain pegs, pins, in curious manner bent,-- These yield the spirit in its singing mood The one supreme heaven-scaling instrument. And I, who rate man's clay not overmuch, Marvel not more when from the bow-swept strings Celestial music soars, than when we touch From mortal flesh strains of immortal things. To worlds beyond the world of its resort The viol uplifts its ecstasy or despair.-- O love, who knows what white Hyperian court Welcomes our spirits, through the cloven air Rising, beyond the instrument set free On the wild wings of loosened melody? |