Lyrics of Life (1909)/Fritz Scheel—A Tribute
FRITZ SCHEEL
A TRIBUTE
He gave his life to Music,—gave—
For love, not hire,—himself denying;
His body rests, o'erwearied, in the grave,
But Music lives and gives him life undying.
In the deep silence, may he hear
Such harmonies as he could wake,
And O, may some faint accents reach his ear
From the great City's heart that sorrows for his sake!