 | Robert Keith Lapp - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 224 pages
...England. It is not a poem, but a musical composition. "A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision once I saw: It was an Abyssinian maid, And on her dulcimer she play'd, Singing of Mount Abora." We could repeat these lines to ourselves not the less often for not knowing the meaning of them. (19:... | |
 | Jeffrey Wainwright - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 248 pages
...it changes once more with another memorable image: A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision once I saw: It was an Abyssinian maid, And on her dulcimer she play'd, Singing of Mount Abora. With the dulcet connotations of the instrument the lines speak of a wondrous softness and ease. Now... | |
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A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision once I saw: It was an Abyssinian maid, And on her dulcimer she play'd Singing of Mount Abora. 
