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THE OLD PIANO'S PLAYER
AT A COUNTRY HOUSE IN OHIO
It stands here in the empty house. ... What dream-wrought tones are these!
Her fingers from the Past are reached, and wake the enchanted keys.
Her fingers from the Past are reached, and wake the enchanted keys.
Lo, shapes of grace, an eager group, about her lightly press:
What pulses music-quickened beat! O eyes of tenderness!
What pulses music-quickened beat! O eyes of tenderness!
Sweet-hearted songs arise from sleep. The spell of Youth and Love
Warms long-hushed lips again with speech: old dreams to music move. ...
Warms long-hushed lips again with speech: old dreams to music move. ...
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Yes, the gay hearts are ashes now, responsive long ago. ...
To phantom fingers on the keys lost voices ebb and flow.
To phantom fingers on the keys lost voices ebb and flow.
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