A Lost Chord

Peated onc üay n the brgan, l wkb tveary and ill al case, And ! u,'irs waffdereri idly Over the noisy keys. I rio no kr.ow what I was playing, Or wluu 1 tras dreamlug then ; But I struck one chord of' music, LIkc the sound of a great Ameu. It floodeil the crimson twiliglit, Llkc the close of m angels psalm, And t lay ou my (evered spirit Wlth a touch o:' iulinite calm. It qnltcd pain anti sorrow Likt' love OTevvoinlDg strife; It striiH'il tlie liannonioiis eclio Ffom our cliscordunt life. It linkcd all perplexe! moanings Into one perfect peace, And trembled away Into silence As if it were loth io eease. I have songht, but I seok it ralnly, Tnat one lost chord divine, Thit canie frotn the soul of iheorgau, And eutered into uiiuc. It may he Umt DcatÜ's bright angl Wiil speak in thut chord agatn, It may be tliat only in heaven 1 süall ht'ar that grand Amen.