“Yes; as the music changes,
Like a prismatic glass,
It takes the light and ranges
Through all the moods that pass”
The Barrel Organ
Poems (1906)
Context: Yes; as the music changes,
Like a prismatic glass,
It takes the light and ranges
Through all the moods that pass;
Dissects the common carnival
Of passions and regrets,
And gives the world a glimpse of all
The colours it forgets.
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