| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | Beethoven | | By Sarah Margaret (Fuller) Ossoli (1810–1850) |
| | | MOST intellectual master of the art, | |
| Which, best of all, teaches the mind of man | |
| The universe in all its varied plan— | |
| What strangely mingled thoughts thy strains impart! | |
| Here the faint tenor thrills the inmost heart, | 5 |
| There the rich bass the Reason’s balance shows; | |
| Here breathes the softest sigh that Love e’er knows; | |
| There sudden fancies, seeming without chart, | |
| Float into wildest breezy interludes; | |
| The past is all forgot—hopes sweetly breathe, | 10 |
| And our whole being glows—when lo! beneath | |
| The flowery brink, Despair’s deep sob concludes! | |
| Startled, we strive to free us from the chain, | |
| Notes of high triumph swell, and we are thine again! | | | | |
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