Lapsus Calami (Aug 1891)/Of W. W. (Americanus)
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III. Of W. W. (Americanus).
The clear cool note of the cuckoo which has ousted the legitimate nest-holder,The whistle of the railway guard despatching the train to the inevitable collision,The maiden's monosyllabic reply to a polysyllabic proposal,The fundamental note of the last trump, which is presumably D natural;All of these are sounds to rejoice in, yea to let your very ribs re-echo with:But better than all of them is the absolutely last chord of the apparently inexhaustible pianoforte player.