Unrecognized Our prophets stand where trails are dim; And mix strange pollens in the gloom, New fruits and flowers to give mankind. They striveunmarkedfor us, the blind. We eat the fruit, enjoy the bloom, Nor dream new power from nature's brim Has energized. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HARD TIMES IN ELFLAND; A STORY OF CHRISTMAS EVE by SIDNEY LANIER A LOVE SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A LITTLE CHILD'S HYMN; FOR NIGHT AND MORNING by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE FROM HIDDEN SOURCE by JEAN ANDERSON |