Piano Solo [pp. 87]

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as with those of his own country; if like To LAWRENCE BARRE.TT, Esq.,
practice did not obtain in Venice, or if he My Dear Sir:
knew nothing of Venetian law, there was no I have committed the foregoing to writing, and
great improbability in assuming it to resem- delivered it to the editor of the OVERLAND MONTH ble that of SpainL, considering that both were Y, at your suggestion, and by your permission I ad' t h a t oSpnoienbdress it to yourself. The name of so eminent and
inherited from a common source, and that conscientious an interpreter of Shakspere will secure
the Spanish monarchs had so long exercised for it more attention than it would otherwise receive.
dominion in Italy. Yours respectftully,
Yohn 7. Doyle.
PIANO SOLO.
As up and down the ivory keys
Her slender fingers go,
I hear the rustle of a breeze,
I hear a brooklet faintly flow As up and down the ivory keys
Her slender fingers go.
As up and down her fingers go
Across the ivory keys,
I hear a whisper, soft and low,
Like hum of honey-laden bees As up and down her fingers go
Across the ivory keys.
As up and down the ivory keys
Her slender fingers go,
I see white sails on summer seas,
Touched by the sunset's golden glow As up and down the ivory keys,
Her slender fingers go.
As up and down her fingers go