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Three Violins

by Carl Sandburg, 1920

Three violins are trying their hearts.
 The piece is MacDowell’s Wild Rose.
   And the time of the wild rose
   And the leaves of the wild rose
 And the dew-shot eyes of the wild rose
 Sing in the air over three violins.
 Somebody like you was in the heart of MacDowell.
 Somebody like you is in three violins.

Published in Smoke and Steel
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