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WHO DOES NOT LOVE TRUE POETRY, by                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: He has not known his god
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Religion


Who does not love true poetry,
He lacks a bosom friend
-To walk with him
-And talk with him,
And all his steps attend.

Who does not love true poetry-
Its rhythmic throb and swing
-The treat of it
-The sweet of it,
Along the paths of Spring:

Its joyous lilting melody
In every passing breeze,
-The deep of it,
-The sweep of it,
Through hours of toil or ease;

Its grandeur and sublimity-
Its majesty and might-
-The feel of it,
-The peal of it,
Through all the lonely night;

Its tenderness and soothing touch;
Like balm on evening air,
-That feelingly
-And healingly
Cures all the hurts of care:

Who does not love true poetry
Of sea and sky and sod-
-The height of it
-The might of it-
He has not known his God.

Who does not love true poetry,
He lacks a bosom friend
-To walk with him
-And talk with him,
And all his steps attend.

Who does not love true poetry-
Its rhythmic throb and swing
-The treat of it
-The sweet of it,
Along the paths of Spring:

Its joyous lilting melody
In every passing breeze,
-The deep of it,
-The sweep of it,
Through hours of toil or ease;

Its grandeur and sublimity-
Its majesty and might-
-The feel of it,
-The peal of it,
Through all the lonely night;

Its tenderness and soothing touch;
Like balm on evening air,
-That feelingly
-And healingly
Cures all the hurts of care:

Who does not love true poetry
Of sea and sky and sod-
-The height of it
-The might of it-
He has not known his God.






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