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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LOST CHORD, by DOMINIC BEVAN WYNDHAM LEWIS Poet's Biography First Line: Seated one day at the organ / I jumped as if I'd been shot Last Line: The dean, with a nod, said 'okay'. Alternate Author Name(s): Shy, Timothy; Lewis, Wyndham Subject(s): Procter, Adelaide Anne (1825-1864) | |||
Seated one day at the organ I jumped as if I'd been shot, For the Dean was upon me, snarling 'Stainer — and make it hot.' All week I swung Stainer and Barnby, Bach, Gounod, and Bunnett in A; I said, 'Gosh, the old bus is a wonder!' The Dean, with a nod, said 'Okay'. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOST CHORD (WITH A THOUSAND APOLOGIES) by GEORGE ROBERT SIMS A DOWNLAND CRISIS, SELECTION by DOMINIC BEVAN WYNDHAM LEWIS A SHOT AT RANDOM by DOMINIC BEVAN WYNDHAM LEWIS PASTORAL by DOMINIC BEVAN WYNDHAM LEWIS RETURN (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON PORTRAIT OF A MOTOR CAR by CARL SANDBURG PRAYER TO THE OCEAN by GEORGE SANTAYANA FAREWELL TO MALTA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON MENAPHON: SEPHESTIA'S [CRADLE] SONG TO HER CHILD by ROBERT GREENE A MIDSUMMER'S NOON IN THE AUSTRALIAN FOREST by CHARLES HARPUR |
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