An Untaught Voice

 

By M. SRIRAMAMURTI

 

In the translucent halls

Of Thy boundless mansion,

Thy praises are ever sung

In choral harmonies,

By minstrels of legendary fame.

They tune their gem-set instruments

And strike sweet concords of sounds

That swell to soulful ecstasy.

What need hast Thou

To hear the jarring notes

Of an untaught voice?

Yet such is Thy gracious condescension,

Thou art in great delight

Since even this witless child

Hath learned to lisp.

 

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