I pause beside the stream, and hear The waters talking on the way; If I had a proper ear I could tell you what they say! Yon lovely tree against the sky, Which the sun first rests upon, Has a message for my eye; If I had a proper one! On the golden heath a wind, Whispered to me as I stood; If I had a proper mind I could answer, so I could! I am deaf and dumb and blind! No reply can I invent When a stream, a tree, a wind, Asks am I intelligent! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WRITTEN FOR MY SON, AND SPOKEN BY HIM AT HIS FIRST PUTTING ON BREECHES by MARY BARBER THE BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN [NOVEMBER 24, 1863] by GEORGE HENRY BOKER TO ROSAMONDE: A BALADE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER TO MY MOTHER by EDGAR ALLAN POE EPILOGUE TO THE SATIRES: DIALOGUE 1 by ALEXANDER POPE A CHARACTER OF JOSEPH PRIESTLY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD EDGE OF THE DAY by BURL BREDON |