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Composers! mighty maestros!And you, sweet singers of old lands—Soprani! Tenori! Bassi!
To you a new bard, carolling free in the west,
Obeisant, sends his love.
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(Such led to thee, O Soul!All senses, shows and objects, lead to thee,
But now, it seems to me, sound leads o'er all the rest.)
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