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THE AFTERNOTE OF THE HOUR - ZaunköniG - 01.01.2011
THE AFTERNOTE OF THE HOUR.
The hour had struck, but still the air was fiU'd
With the long sequence of that mighty tone ;
A wild AEolian afternote, that thrill'd
My spirit, as I kiss'd that dear headstone ;
A voice that seem'd through all the Past to go —
From the bell's mouth the lonely cadence swept,
Like the faint cry of unassisted woe,
Till, in my profitless despair, I wept ;
My hope seem'd wTCck'd ! but soon I ceased to mourn;
A nobler meaning in that voice I found,
Whose scope lay far beyond that burial-ground ;
'Twas grief, but grief to distant glory bound !
Faith took the helm of that sweet wandering sound,
And turn'd it heavenwards, to its proper bourne.