O TELL me, tell me, How did you drain Your song to drops Clear as rain? What labor, what sorrow, What sacrifice, Crystal'd your song To beryl ice? What burning gladness Warmed it again To a vapor sweet, Clear as rain? O tell me, tell me, Melody's price -- Is it work, is it pain, Is it sacrifice? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 28 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING IMITATION OF CHAUCER by ALEXANDER POPE UPON HIS PICTURE by THOMAS RANDOLPH SONNET: 35 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE INDEPENDENCE DAY by ROYALL TYLER |