Bacchanals in Blue (verse)
Hanlon, John
46 THE COMMONWEAL November 17, 1926 bacchanals in Blue Piccolo and saxophone, Flute and violin Raise walls more secure than stone— Grief cannot creep in. Trumpet taunt and rataplan Of...
...Trumpet taunt and rataplan Of tympanum...
...Drown the doom that calls, Crush the crawling doubt That the music's golden walls Cannot keep death out...
...Thus We dance...
...Faster...
...Faster...
...Violins may sigh, Saxophones may boast Life is laughter . . , Yonder I Saw a leering ghost...
...Sorrow never can Keep the pace with us...
...John Haklon...
Vol. 5 • November 1926 • No. 2
