Robert Lindley Poet Sonnet

What Music Is That Which Soothes Eager Soul

What Music Is That Which Soothes Eager Soul

What music is that cheers the eager heart
Whereas I can find none on any star chart
Nor shadow of which behind resting sun
Waits night and its roaring of battle guns
And prayers uttered by dying men
Pales chasm between sainthood and ones sin
Hold the thought, that human life is much more
Than wasting years and a beggar's last score.

What music is that which soothes eager soul
Where sinners in hellish fires must pay toll
Whilst in anguish they beg for treasures lost
Thereby forgetting sinners greatest costs.

What music can a sainthood ever bring.
Or wife be without lover's wedding ring.

Robert J. Lindley, Sonnet 
March 24th 1978

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Sotto Poet June 26, 2023 at 1:23 PM Robert, your Sonnet is really amazing and it grabs my attention. You used great words and expressed yourself really well. I love your inspiring poem and the amazing feeling it gives me, like the joyful music that makes my heart happy. The poem reminds me that life is more than just wasting time and being poor. Robert Lindley June 27, 2023 at 3:51 PM Thank you, my friend. This is one of my much earlier poems.