"A true philosopher!" Glad news to tell -- Had not the gods made her Half poet as well. Her mind was no bisque vase -- Just kitchen ware, Squat; yet the gods would place Tall dream-flowers there. Thus bent, these died. Her soul Laughed out in her. Half poet she was, but whole Philosopher! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAMP OF LIFE by AMY LOWELL THE INDIAN EMPEROR: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN LINCOLN by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL THE COLLEGE, 1917 by HAMILTON FISH ARMSTRONG TO HIS WIFE by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS A CHARACTER OF SARAH HALLOWELL VAUGHAN by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |