Wednesday, September 5, 2018

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I hope that while I listen, thus enthralled,
That others will by better things be called
And, seeing me, they will soon grow appalled
And work to stop my ears with better things.
Willingness to help right thinking brings,
As harmony a chorus better sings
Than many voices braying on one strain,
Repeating only one simple refrain.
Yet many prefer such, since it is plain,
And hearing many voices effort takes,
Even though it better list'ning makes,
The sullen mass too quickly it forsakes.
I hope, at least, that I may listen well
And hear what harmonies can, thinking, tell.

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