THE sweetest song that a poet sings. Though to your dull ear it be speech with wings, He, singing, hears with a pent distress, 'Tis a cypher that stands for his speechlessness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: BATTERIES OUT OF AMMUNITION by RUDYARD KIPLING ULTIMA THULE: THE TIDE RISES by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW HOW CYRUS LAID THE CABLE [JULY 29, 1866] by JOHN GODFREY SAXE THE EPITAPH IN FORM OF A BALLAD by FRANCOIS VILLON THE FIRST DANDELION by WALT WHITMAN A SONG OF LABOUR; DEDICATED TO MY FELLOW-WORKERS WITH PICK AND SHOVEL by ALEXANDER ANDERSON SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 3. BEAUTY UNLOOKED FOR by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |