Where's the Poet? show him! show him, Muses nine! that I may know him! 'Tis the man who with a man Is an equal, be he King, Or poorest of the beggar-clan, Or any other wondrous thing A man may be 'twixt ape and Plato; 'Tis the man who with a bird, Wren or Eagle, finds his way to All its instincts; he hath heard The Lion's roaring, and can tell What his horny throat expresseth, And to him the Tiger's yell Comes articulate and presseth On his ear like mother-tongue. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A CONTEMPORARY BUNKSHOOTER by CARL SANDBURG AS THE NEW YEAR [18 B.C.] DAWNED by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS DEATH AND THE LADY; THEIR BARGAIN TOLD AGAIN by LEONIE ADAMS PROMETHEUS BOUND: PROMETHEUS IN THE EARTHQUAKE by AESCHYLUS A BALLADE OF OTHER IDOLS by LEONARD BACON (1887-1954) |