"I AM MUSIC"
Voice of the Universe, Priestess of Earth, Life's Lyric of Love am I. Song of angels in the house of .good; the sivar:' ami delusion.of hell.
I whisper of passion; I breathe romance; I am the inspiration for! •.work.ami play. Though lam a.balm of pence,,yet on the battle-fields I stir men's hearts anil, urge them on to, greater deeds of valor. I dwell in the .peaceful .'h.anbers of conuui*;, but I ant prusent ab'vays in the pit? of war. JL ijead true lovi rs to the altar, a musodtj' the cradle, I stalk by the open grave, I am the ineeiui! upon which devout ptnyers riso ■h.<iivoiiw:ird. Kliiivv me, and I will vomfor;; .you ttiwfays. If my song bo in your heart, you will hear my voice in the babble of •the brook, the chant of the birds, the rustle of the leaves, and the billows of the sea. The wind and rain and the flowers and the dew all speak to yon of mo. The rumble of traffic, theclatter of hoofs, the htira of the .motor, the soug of the.mill; ah! I.ehange-the verv air.
Down ' through the ages I have walked with men, yet none have fathomed .me. With the .prince and the beggar 1 roam the earth and all men love mo. For lam the spirit of the very best, that is in them, and I hey praise ami strive for the best that is within me. lam the soul of the art. I am Music.
—Robert. L. Shepherd
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19270611.2.108
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16364, 11 June 1927, Page 12
Word Count
254"I AM MUSIC" Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16364, 11 June 1927, Page 12
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in