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"Bombastes Furioso". -
In vain we roared; in vain we tried
To rouse her into laughter:
Her pensive glances wandered wide
From orchestra to rafter-
"Tier upon tier!" she said, and sighed;
And silence followed after.

-- Lewis Carroll

The sweetest songs are those that telleth the saddest tales...

1 Comments:

At 3:24 AM,  david raphael israel said...

Did she perchance write this in the year 1940? And if so, was her subject matter (in part) perhaps the bleakness of the 2nd world war? Merely curious . . .

cheers, d.i.

ps: I did a moment's googling, seems this hunch was correct.

 

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