After a Dolmetsch Concert
1877-1908
Out of the conquered Past
Unravishable Beauty;
Hearts that are dew and dust
Rebuking the dream of Death;
Flower o' the clay downcast
Triumphant in Earth's aroma;
Strings that were strained in rust
A-tremble with Music's breath!
Wine that was spilt in haste
Arising in fumes more precious;
Garlands that fell forgot
Rooting to wondrous bloom;
Youth that would flow to waste
Pausing in pool-green valleys --
And Passion that lasted not
Surviving the voiceless Tomb!
DayPoems Poem No. 1260
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1260.html">After a Dolmetsch Concert by Arthur Upson</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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