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/ I. Because her voice is Schönberg in a dream / In which his harshness plays with softer keys / This does not mean that it is void of ease / And cannot gather to a strolling gleam. / Her voice is full of manners and they seem / To place a masquerade on thought and tease / Its strength until it finds that it has knees, / And whimsically leaves its heavy scheme.
/ Discords can be the search of harmony / For worlds that lie beyond the reach of poise / And must be captured with abandoned hands. / The music of my wife strives to be free / And often takes a light, unbalanced voice / While madly walking over thoughtful lands.