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Audio and Video Music:
Concerto for 2 Oboes
in F Major Op9 no3,
1 Allegro.
By Tomaso Albinoni.
Performed by
the Advent Orchestra
at the Free Music Archive
under an Attribution-
Share Alike
license.
Happy
Holidays! Whichever ones
Apply: Jewish, Christian, secular!
People should be less particular,
Perhaps because the labels aren't sums.
Year's end's a time of darkness, true, but
when
Has outer darkness darkened inner light?
Our separate faiths at this sweet time unite,
Lighting one large room beyond our ken.
In celebration there is more than joy:
Days of feasting bind our friendships fast,
A fat and full embrace of things that last,
Yet holy in what sense one might employ,
Savoring all rites that spirits
buoy.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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