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I may never sleep again! I think I prefer The Chordettes or Janis Siegel!
An I to connect Mendelssohn, the sea and shelter from the storm!
... and the tumbleweed rolls across from ferney's 'gag' on 'Stormy Weather' through the deserted streets of Alphabetville....
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
An I to connect Mendelssohn, the sea and shelter from the storm!
We are presumably being directed towards FM's 'Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage' overture, inspired by two Goethe poems.
I can't find any linking "I"s at the moment though...
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
Thought that might be the assumption but no it's not. The Mendelssohn is borrowed.
Yes, I meant to write 'misdirected' in my previous post, as in the technique of the prestidigitator...
Elgar 'borrowed' one of the 'Calm Sea' themes in his Enigma Variations, but if it's not relevant, that's a dead end.
Borrowed...
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
An I to connect Mendelssohn, the sea and shelter from the storm!
And is R.A. Zimmerman Esq. involved at all?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
We wont go into his personal life - no Fanny involved.
For this relief, at any rate - much thanks...
I'm as stumped as David Hockney - I'll wait for the evening shift to log on, unless you are prepared to give a clue.
Why the exclamation mark at the end of your puzzle, for instance?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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