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Audio and Video Music:
Sonata No. 1
in F Minor: Adagio.
By Ludwig
von Beethoven.
Performed by Daniel Veesey
at the
Free Music Archive
under a Public Domain
License.
Happiness comes wholly from the heart,
A light within illuminating darkness.
Now the candles flicker, now they flare,
Undulating feeling lighting where
Knowledge must give way to faith and art,
Kindled by the sense that gloom is senseless,
And love can make a song even of sadness,
Harmony in which one sings one's part.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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