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Supplication Sheet Music, 1897
Printed sheet music for the song "Supplication". The piece is dedicated to Mrs. Antonia Savage Sawyer. The lyrics portray the narrator singing to their lyre. The lyre is a small stringed harp like instrument created by the ancient Greeks. Lyre can also be used metaphorically to refer to the author's muse or the power that helps them create their art.