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One Hundred and Fifty-Five Sonnets - 57. Songs Without Words
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Sonnet No. 113[1]
Mendelssohn wrote his lovely Songs without Words,
Where harmony alone carries content –
And this vibe from a cold sleep came by thirds
To wake with its pulse by ardent intent.
Sometimes feeling alone is the message,
And word following word just lets it flow;
Like a fugue, both on fire and on edge,
One must let it work, so that it may go.
If melody in this is allowed to sing,
Lyrics or not, there's one theme keeps the time,
And maybe to some, it alone is the thing
That justifies art, and this paltry rhyme.
For love of you, I trade sleep for impression
And the beat of heart seeking expression.
Sonnet No. 114
I would like some feedback on this effort –
Not from you, dear boy, for you I know I please,
But from others I find I crave report
That my fire in their chill heart can play and tease.
For warmth between humans is connection,
And without it, the divine spark we have
Glints cold and distant with no relation
To ache in pain without that healing salve.
So I would seek, dear boy, to know if they care,
And have a sentiment as real as this –
For if not, they do not hunt it anywhere,
If not in how I feel about you, Tony.
This burns so that human hearts may kindle
A passion like ours not meant to dwindle.
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[1] Written as lyrics for Mendelssohn's Songs without Words, Op.30, No. 3 in E Major. A partial recapitulation of the second subject is necessary to accommodate the couplet.
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