Arnold Dolmetsch

“Brian Blood, "The Dolmetsch Story", Dolmetsch Online (6 January 2022)”

“Has he tempered the viol’s woodTo enforce   both the grave   and the acute?Has he curved us the bowl of the lute?    Lawes and Jenkyns guard thy rest    Dolmetsch ever be thy guest.”

“Out of the conquered Past  Unravishable Beauty;Hearts that are dew and dust  Rebuking the dream of Death;Flower of the clay down-cast  Triumphant in earth’s aroma;Strings that were strained in rust  A-tremble with Music’s breath!{{pb}}Wine that was spilt in haste  Arising in fumes more precious;Garlands that fell forgot  Rooting to wondrous bloom;Youth that would flow to waste  Pausing in pool-green valleys—And Passion that lasted not  Surviving the voiceless Tomb!”