I am in need of music that would flow
Over my fretful, feeling finger-tips,
Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips,
With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow.
Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low,
Of some song sung to rest the tired dead,
A song to fall like water on my head,
And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow!
There is a magic made by melody:
A spell of rest, and quiet breath, and cool
Heart, that sinks through fading colors deep
To the subaqueous stillness of the sea,
And floats forever in a moon-green pool,
Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep.
Sonnet
Elizabeth Bishop
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Poem topics: breath, dream, green, heart, magic, moon, music, sea, sleep, water, forever, head, clear, finger, bitter, tired, liquid, cool, slow, quiet, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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