<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419924" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A tenuous Tenor</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He sang a tenor’s part-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No more a tenor really</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though aging cords may gamely try</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was disaster- nearly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He lost the lyric line.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Poor fellow –must be blasted</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Too much North Fork wine</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Or maybe he’s just past it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A singer lost for words</div><div style="margin:10px 0">is clearly up against it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A staircase that’s collapsing</div><div style="margin:10px 0">can only be descended.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some forty years or more have past</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Since he sang at their Wedding</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A rose cheeked boy with strong clear tones</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was, then, worth the hearing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">With time his talent vanishes</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He cannot compensate</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For lyrics he’s forgotten</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And notes he cannot make.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">His hopes to leave on a better note</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then disappeared completely, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Only a swan- at its last-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">can be sure to sing more sweetly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419924" data-title="A tenuous Tenor de John F. McCullagh" data-description="He sang a tenor’s part- No more a tenor really Though aging cords may gamely try It was disaster- nearly. He lost the lyric line. Poor fellow –must be blasted Too much North Fork wine Or maybe he’s just past it. A singer lost f..."></div> </div> </div>

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