Seated one day at the organ,
I was weary and ill at ease,
And my fingers wandered idly
Over the noisy keys.
But 1 struck one chord of music
Like the sound of a great Amen.
Source: A Lost Chord, Legends and Lyrics, 1858.
-- Adelaide A Proctor, ( 1825-1864), English poet, activist; Her poems include creative inspiration such as Dreams grow holy put in action, in The Poems of Adelaide Proctor, 1869.