The angels loved to tread.
THE DEAD MUSICIAN
In memory of Brother Basil,
Organist for half a century at Notre Dame
By Charles L. O’Donnell, C.S.C.
He was the player and the played upon,
He was the actor and the acted on,
Artist, and yet himself a substance wrought;
God played on him as he upon the keys,
Moving his soul to mightiest melodies
Of lowly serving, hid austerities,