 What thou art we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. Like a poet hidden, In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought...  The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly - Page 39edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
 | Pia-Elisabeth Leuschner - Comparative literature - 2000 - 286 pages
...Similes ist das erste, die den Dichter selbst als Bildbereich für das Wesen des Vogels eintreten läßt: „Like a poet hidden /In the light of thought, /.../ To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not." (v. 36-40). Vgl. dazu im weiteren Doggett: Romanticism's Singing Bird (Anm. 647) S. 553. Vgl. zu der... | |
 | Vikram Seth - Fiction - 2000 - 395 pages
...soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home! O stodgy git. Like a high-horu maiden In a palace tower, Soothing her love-laden Soul in secret hour Witli music sweet as love which overflows her bower. O gushy twit, He rises and begins to round, He... | |
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