A MODEST singer, with meek soul and heart, Sat, yearning that his art Might but inspire and suffer him to sing Even the simplest thing. And as he sang thus humbly, came a Voice: -- "All mankind shall rejoice, Hearing thy pure and simple melody Sing on immortally." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON SOME LINES OF LOPE DE VEGA by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) SONNET: TO HOMER by JOHN KEATS VORTICIST POEM ON LOVE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND by BERNARD BARTON BLESS, DEAR SAVIOUR, THIS CHILD by THOMAS BECK WHERE ARE THE WARRING BRAVE? by JOSIE CRAIG BERRY BUILDING THE LIBRARY, TOKYO UNIVERSITY; NIGHT SCENE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |