#1051 - divertimenti on St Cecilia's Day

 

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1051

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on St Cecilia’s Day

divertimenti for Britten

for concert pieces

 

arise ye, more than dead

                     – Dryden

 

like a black swan

 

I, in a mystery fold often

heart to the Lord, some say

 

with reverent cadence

for immortal fire

 

think of Orpheus

here’s Aphrodite roused

by such charm

 

follow a string line

nursery chord comes

 

and teddy roll round with

Trastevere

 

the parent thunder then

skies come clear

 

which way will we then?

a virgin martyrdom

 

birds high

yet to name

 

so many tuneless about

but here’s heart brims

 

go whimsy, lost – a leit

and round again

 

now middle height

so full – all in

 

all love this is

must be