Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG OF TALIESIN, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON


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First Line: Vain bards! I can discover all
Last Line: All gates unbar, all bonds unbind.
Subject(s): Taliesin


Vain Bards! I can discover all,
What befel or shall befal.
I come seeking what is lost,
And my aim shall not be crossed.
Strong am I who this demand,
More strong my tongue than Arthur's hand
Three hundred potent songs & more
Are hidden in the strain I pour:
No foemen in these mountains dwell
On whom I cannot cast a spell;
Nor stone nor brass, nor iron ring
Can fetter Elphin when I sing;
All that I seek this hand can find,
All Gates unbar, all bonds unbind.





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