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ESSIPOFF by RICHARD WATSON GILDER

First Line: WHAT IS HER PLAYING LIKE?
Last Line: BY WANDERING MORTAL, WHO FORGETS HIS HEAVY WOES.
Subject(s): ESSIPOFF, ANNETTE (1855-1937); MUSIC & MUSICIANS; ESIPOVA, ANNA NIKOLAYEVNA;

I

WHAT is her playing like?
I ask -- while dreaming here under her music's power.
'T is like the leaves of the dark passion-flower
Which grows on a strong vine whose roots, oh, deep they sink,
Deep in the ground, that flower's pure life to drink.

II

What is her playing like?
'T is like a bird
Who, singing in a wild-wood, never knows
That its lone melody is heard
By wandering mortal, who forgets his heavy woes.




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