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A MEMORY OF RUBINSTEIN by RICHARD WATSON GILDER

First Line: HE OF THE OCEAN IS, ITS THUNDEROUS WAVES
Last Line: AND BROODS ABOVE THE RAGE ONE SPHINX-LIKE FACE.
Subject(s): MUSIC & MUSICIANS; RUBINSTEIN, ANTON (1829-1894);

HE of the ocean is, its thunderous waves
Echo his music; while far down the shore
Mad laughter hurries -- a white, blowing spume.
I hear again in memory that wild storm;
The winds of heaven go rushing round the world,
And broods above the rage one sphinx-like face.



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