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J. E. Ball (fl. 1904-1906)

The Violin

The Violin, all good musicians say,

While yet in babyhood you must begin;

And so, beneath my little rounded chin,

'Twas promptly tucked, and I began to play

The Violin.

No ear had I, or skill; but Discipline

Recked not of that; and so I sawed away,

And rent the air with Purgatorial din;

Pondering the while, profoundly, day by day,

Of dark recesses, secret nooks, wherein

I might (with Providential aid) mislay

The Violin.

[Soaring Feather]

J. E. Ball (fl. 1904-1906)
The Violin


Ah nice. I have a niece and a nephew who are concert violinists.