WHO shall tell the song its value: Critic ear, or heart of friend? Who shall weigh your love's completeness? Who shall test the gold you spend? Not to critic take your poem, Not to mintsman take your gold, Not to idol take your worship, If its worth you would be told. Sing your music to the singer Would you be entirely heard; So your little tune be worthy, He will know it; take his word. Show your coin to any miser If its metal you would prove; Ask the heart of any lover, He will tell you if you love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BUS by MABEL WARREN ARNOLD A DIALOGUE by ELIZABETH CARTER VALE by WILFRED ROWLAND CHILDE MOTH-SONG by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ ALL-OVER LOVE by ABRAHAM COWLEY THE TWO BLIND MEN (NEAPOLITAN DIALECT) by SALVATORE DI GIACOMO ON AN ILL-NATURED PARASITE by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON |