WRIT IN WATER 



Inspired by a less cynical water-sprite are 

 Lowell's lines on the bobolink: 



"Half hid in tiptop apple-blooms he swings, 

 Or climbs against the breeze with quiverin' wings, 

 Or, givin' way to't in a mock despair, 

 Runs down a brook o' laughter thru the air." 



With more temperamental use of the 

 emotional pedals is the water-music of 

 Heine's "Fischermadchen" : 



"Mein Herz gleicht ganz dem Meere, 

 Hat Sturm, und Ebb' und Fluth, 

 Und manche schone Perle 

 In seiner Tiefe ruht." 



It is thus evident that not only for all the 

 great experiences of life does water furnish 

 a deep diapason of expression, but also for 

 the lightest gossamer fancies, which it 

 echoes at the other end of its ten-octave key- 

 board, its vapor, mist, and dewdrop end. 

 Making use of this upper end and the soft 

 pedal, Shakespeare improvised his fairy 

 fancy 



"I must go seek some dewdrops here 

 And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear." 

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