Portrait by starlight

A Dinner Table at Night, 1884, John Singer Sargent

There was a time

While stars danced the summer nights

I sat drinking music

Touched not fine cuisine

From the bar, the violin

played my sombre mood

Seasons passed slowly

And I began to smile

When they played on

I was alive, I knew

Grief had passed me  by

Winter was over

For love had found me

Gave me lilting music within

And starry nights

L'amour m'a trouvé

 Il m'a donné la musique

nuits étoilé

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