Sonnet (To Charles J. O'Malley)

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Title:     Sonnet (To Charles J. O'Malley)
Author: Leigh Gordon Giltner [More Titles by Giltner]

As when above orchestral undertone,
The plaining wail of muted violin,
The hushed oboe and the distant din,
Of muffled drum or viol's raucous groan--
Sudden arises one pure voice-like tone,
A silver trumpet's tongue that stirs the soul
To feel the theme, and the harmonious whole
A sonant setting seems for that alone;
So, high above earth's murmurous stir and strife,
Riseth thy voice in clear enringing song--
No minor plaint of dull despairing pain,
But one true note of hope that bids us long
For higher things; and all the din of life
Seems to subserve the sweetness of thy strain.

[The end]
Leigh Gordon Giltner's poem: Sonnet (To Charles J. O'malley)

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