| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | Symphony | | By Robertson Trowbridge |
| | | NOT to the realm of breathèd sounds alone | |
| Belong all instruments of melody: | |
| No less than Music’s self hath Poesy | |
| Her instruments, perchance of finer tone. | |
| She hath her sonnet-trumpet for her own, | 5 |
| Her viols and her pipes of balladry, | |
| And silver flutes for love’s sweet ministry | |
| In many a tender lyric softly blown. | |
| List, how in clearest harmony they sound,— | |
| Cymbals and drums beating in battle-song, | 10 |
| Harp-strains of holy psalmody, up-stealing; | |
| And, heard through all, with mighty voice profound | |
| Out-poured, a wave of sound sustained and strong, | |
| The solemn epic’s thunderous organ-pealing! | | | | |
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