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[439] the effect of the funeral march from Beethoven's ‘Heroica,’ which made part of the programme in question.

Boston Music Hall, October 11 1980.

Handel's Largo: in Memoriam Otto Dresel.

On every shining stair an angel stood,
     And to our dear one said, ‘Walk higher, friend.’
Till, rapt from earth, in a celestial mood,
     He passed from sight to blessings without end;
And where his feet had trod, a radiant flood
     His lofty message of content did send.


Beethoven's funeral March.

The heavy steps that 'neath new burdens tread,
     The heavy hearts that wait upon the dead,
The struggling thoughts that single out, through tears,
     The happy memories of bygone years,
And on the deaf and silent presence call:
     O friend belov'd! O master! is this all?
But as the cadence moves, the song flowers fling
     To us the promise of eternal spring,
Love that survives the wreck of its delight,
     And goes, torch bearing, into darksome night.
Trumpet and drum have marked the victor's way,
     The seraph voices now their legend say:
“O loving friends! refrain your waiting fond;
     The gates are passed, and heaven is bright beyond.”


In March, 1885, I had the unspeakable grief of losing my dear eldest daughter, Julia Romana, of whose birth in Rome I have made mention. She

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