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On the Death of Susan Chilcott
Many years have passed since when
With untrained voice I heard you sing
In ignorance, I dared not think
What joy that voice would bring
Aloof, we said, no modesty
A Prima Donna born
My heart regrets such unkind thoughts
The disdain and the scorn
You took your talent far and wide
To Europe’s concert halls
To light the stages, bathing in
Applause and curtain calls
Then tragically the curtain fell
Too soon, a cruel discord
The orchestra is silent now
Your voice, it seems, ignored
I never heard you sing again
Or saw how well you bore your fame
But humbly write this epitaph
In memory of your name
RIP Susan Chilcott (1963 – 2003)
