MUSIC.
]•'i-M 111 jewelled ca.-'O hi; look hi* violin, And rubbed nioie re.<in mi th'unbonded bow ; Then tuuked tlie instrument beneath his c!un f An:.! then his eyes bnrnoij with a dreamy t;lo\V, Lil.o dull-rod embers in November day.-', When sun and lire and yky arc veded in haze. With gesture graceful as a sweep of )if?ht, J[e drew the bow across the quivering st Vnd I'eaee and -Toy and in affright, Shrieked wildly a* they lied like hunted things ; And eaah who heard e;>st dust upon hi-» head, And sobbed, " Times will bo better when the fiddler's dead !" — Hubert J. ]jtirdctte.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2629, 18 May 1889, Page 1 (Supplement)
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102MUSIC. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2629, 18 May 1889, Page 1 (Supplement)
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