If music be the food of love
February 2009
"If music be the food of love, play on!"
The Bard commanded, beckoning the band
To tune their violins and take the stand,
But let me tell you this – the Bard was wrong.
For Love needs not the scraping of dry strings,
The tuba's drone, the clanging of the gong;
To stillness and to silence we belong
And in the silence Love extends its wings.
Yet even in Love's quietest hour I hear
The music that Love’s own enjoyment brings:
Your heartbeat’s drum, the melody that rings
When your soft breast is pressed against my ear.
Ay, Love's the soul of music and it sings
Arpeggios that swell with every year.
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