As he who looks upon a music score, And hears, while reading thoughts by symbols bound, The music's regal beauty rise and soar -- He only hears without an outward sound, Who understands the meaning signs convey; So, one inspired looks upon the scene And hears the notes of Nature's music play A symphony so vast, but yet serene All written there on rolling prairie's scroll, That open wide unfolds the harmony; By signs and symbols reads the mighty whole -- The mountains' faultless rhythm, for melody, The Master Mind the meaning thus exprest, For cadences, the valley's peaceful rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHERE GO THE BOATS? by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE MILKMAID by JEFFREYS TAYLOR THE ATLANTIDES by HENRY DAVID THOREAU WHEN YOU ARE OLD by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE GOLDEN ODES OF PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA: IMR EL KAIS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT WHERE IS ARCADY? by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |