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

By Maurice FrancisEgan

1091 The Old Violin

THOUGH tuneless, stringless, it lies there in dust,

Like some great thought on a forgotten page;

The soul of music cannot fade or rust,—

The voice within it stronger grows with age;

Its strings and bow are only trifling things—

A master-touch!—its sweet soul wakes and sings.