 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
 | W. H. Hadow - Music - 2004 - 332 pages
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 | Christopher John Murray - Art - 2004 - 664 pages
...poetry, since both can bring joy and vision into the world without bird or poet needing to be visible: "Like a Poet hidden / In the light of thought, / Singing hymns unbidden." Poetry, like the song of the unseen bird, transcends the poet's life and personality. The poem goes... | |
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