Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POET'S SECRET, by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD Poet's Biography Last Line: The secret each alone must learn. Alternate Author Name(s): Stoddard, Richard, Mrs. | ||||||||
THE poet's secret I must know, If that will calm my restless mind. I hail the seasons as they go, I woo the sunshine, brave the wind. I scan the lily and the rose, I nod to every nodding tree, I follow every stream that flows, And wait beside the steadfast sea. I question melancholy eyes, I touch the lips of women fair: Their lips and eyes may make me wise, But what I seek for is not there. In vain I watch the day and night, In vain the world through space may roll; I never see the mystic light Which fills the poet's happy soul. Through life I hear the rhythmic flow Whose meaning into song must turn; Revealing all he longs to know, The secret each alone must learn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SEA-SIDE IDYL by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD A SUMMER NIGHT by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD IN THE STILL, STAR-LIT NIGHT by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD LAST DAYS by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD MERCEDES by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD NAMELESS PAIN by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD NOVEMBER by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD ON THE CAMPAGNA by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD THE HOUSE OF YOUTH by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD UNRETURNING by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD |
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