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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By William RoscoeThayer

1345 The Violin’s Complaint

HONEST Stradivari made men:

With the gift of love he blest me;

Once, delight, a master played me,

Love awoke when he caressed me!

Oh the deep, ecstatic burning!

Oh the secrets low and tender!

Oh the passion and the yearning

At our love’s complete surrender!

Heartless men, so long to hide me

With the costly toys you cherish;

I ’m a soul—again confide me

To a lover, ere I perish!