Washington Allston

“ Thus falling, falling from afar,
As if some melancholy star
Had mingled with her light her sighs,
And dropped them from the skies. ”

“ Stops on the highest loud to play -
So thought the gentle Rosalie
As on her maiden revery
First fell the strain of him who stole
In music to her soul.
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”