Thought is could/might be a good idea to post any poems that anyone has read or written (including the forum members) about Beethoven.
I found this one in an older book that I downloaded from Archive (thanks Cocchini). It came from a newspaper clipping. Thought I would share it.
Thou shalt go darkling all thy days
With brooding heart,
Thou shalt go bitterly thy ways,
Bowed and apart.
Thy sleepless bed shall be a rack
Of twisting pain,
Where thy taut soul shall burst and break
In gasping strain.
Thou shalt be scorned of the grim gods
When silence shuts thee round,
Thou shall be mocked in all thy prayers
With dreams of sound.
Long loneliness shall be thy part,
Despair be long,
And thou, for this, lo! thou shalt take
Thine hour of song.
- Elise Aylen
I found this one in an older book that I downloaded from Archive (thanks Cocchini). It came from a newspaper clipping. Thought I would share it.
THE HOROSCOPE
(On Beethoven)
(On Beethoven)
Thou shalt go darkling all thy days
With brooding heart,
Thou shalt go bitterly thy ways,
Bowed and apart.
Thy sleepless bed shall be a rack
Of twisting pain,
Where thy taut soul shall burst and break
In gasping strain.
Thou shalt be scorned of the grim gods
When silence shuts thee round,
Thou shall be mocked in all thy prayers
With dreams of sound.
Long loneliness shall be thy part,
Despair be long,
And thou, for this, lo! thou shalt take
Thine hour of song.
- Elise Aylen
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