The Fifth String by John Philip Sousa
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Next the artist changed to the string of pity, and thoughts of the world's sorrows came over him like a pall. ``Wonderful, most wonderful!'' said the mystified violinist; ``with this instrument I can conquer the world!'' ``Aye, more to you than the world,'' said the tempter, ``a woman's love.'' A woman's love--to the despairing suitor there was one and only one in this wide, wide world, and her words, burning their way into his heart, had made this temptation possible: ``No droop- ing Clytie could be more constant than I to him who strikes the chord that is responsive in my soul.'' Holding the violin aloft, he cried exultingly: ``Henceforth thou art mine, though death and oblivion lurk ever near thee!'' VII |
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