• We count the broken lyres that rest
      Where the sweet wailing singers slumber,
    But o’er their silent sister’s breast
      The wild-flowers who will stoop to number?
    A few can touch the magic string,
      And noisy Fame is proud to win them:—
    Alas for those that never sing,
      But die with all their music in them!

    Nay, grieve not for...

  • We count the broken lyres that rest
      Where the sweet wailing singers slumber,
    But o’er their silent sister’s breast
      The wild-flowers who will stoop to number?
    A few can touch the magic string,
      And noisy Fame is proud to win them:—
    Alas for those that never sing,
      But die with all their music in them!

    Nay grieve not for the...