Mendelssohn possesses it, doesn’t he:
Sense of presence leading to reverence,
not so much awaking as reverie
evolving to understanding, essence
of living within all. Listen how his
Adagio religioso, strings
flowing, envisions Gutenberg, spirit’s
caress of sudden insight revealing
moveable type -- its releasing knowledge
from tight fists of monks, pushing past Latin
to each nation’s vernacular: his pledge
of spreading new words of men and women
throughout our earth. As you touch each book’s page
recall his genius, gift to every age.
Roger Armbrust
October 11, 2018
