Broadcast Concerts
Rain falling in the night: Why should it bring some slight Felicity to those Who hear it in their house?
Sibelius, if his scores So reflect temperatures, Must have been less than warm, Hearing the scurrying storm.
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Strange objects in the garden always look At first, and often subsequently, like Cats or alighted birds. And here's Mozart Employing both oboes and clarinets; his art, Moreover, likewise using straight repeats As cheekily as plastic bags, or hats.
III
Not wholly bad that nasturtium flowers are coy; The same with girls. A jet-trail strikes the grey, On-rolling clouds — a production at Bayreuth. Invading cats or foxes appropriate The morsels I've thrown out for birds. But then Isn't all rivalry and comparison?
I think censoriously, idly sipping coffee, Some fellow can't play Beethoven for toffee.
Roy Fuller
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