A MODEST singer, with meek soul and heart, Sat, yearning that his art Might but inspire and suffer him to sing Even the simplest thing. And as he sang thus humbly, came a Voice: -- "All mankind shall rejoice, Hearing thy pure and simple melody Sing on immortally." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN DISPRAISE OF THE MOON by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE: THE POWER OF MUSIC by SAMUEL LISLE THE WEATHER-COCK POINTS SOUTH by AMY LOWELL THRENOS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY SONNET TO THE MOON by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS THOUGHT OF A BRITON ON THE SUBJUGATION OF SWITZERLAND by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |