Ancient Music

Drink the water of mountain brook Sweet and clear, it fills you with joy Try it once, very soon you’re hooked Much like ale, in thirst, to enjoy Ancient music, from ages gone by Is like stream, crystal clear ’n light Stays as friend of my soul and ally Simple sounds are total delight Flute and oboe, old fiddle and harp Horns and pipes, much forgotten today Notes of centuries past ringing sharp Viol and lyre shall take you away Timeworn ballads of baroque guitar Songs by lute so unlike of this age Did forefathers, their times afar Stood in awe, so enthralled and engaged? Lucid tones, those of Handel and Bach Strings Vivaldi bequests to eons Their gifts outliving the clock Olden music is still marching on Plain sounds that go to the heart Cleanse and soothe in perpetual stream It survives the time, what an art Shall live on, by not being extreme © 2022