 What thou art we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought...  A Household Book of English Poetry - Page 2831870 - 438 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1848
...words were put into his mouth, — of the poet, who tells his tale as a messenger from heaven, who sits hidden — " In the light of thought Singing hymns...wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not, — they never dreamt. A well-known truism was the utmost at which they aimed. The poet stands before... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1849
...clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, Ae from thy presence showers a rain of melody. VIII. Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing...wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not : IX. Like a highborn maiden In a palace tower, Soothing her love-laden Soul in secret hour With music... | |
 | Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 32 pages
...rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rait) of melody, Like a poet hidden In the light of thought. Singing...wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not. Like a glow-worm golden, In a dell of dew, Scattering uubeholden Its ;rricl hue Among the flowers and... | |
 | Henry D. Moore - Gift books - 1850 - 240 pages
...wert, That from heaven, or near it, Poorest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Like a poet, hidden In the light of thought, Singing...wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears, it heeded not. Teach me half the gladness That thy heart must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 558 pages
...rainbow clouds there flow not » Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing...wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not: Like a high-born maiden In a palace tower, Soothing her love-laden Soul in secret hour With music sweet... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851
...one lonely cloud The moon rains out her beams, and heaven is overflowed. What thou art, we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there...see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To sympathy... | |
 | S. MARGARET FULLER - 1852
...rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing...wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not. Like a high-born maiden In a palace tower, Soothing her love-laden Soul in secret hour, With music... | |
 | Biography - 1852
...one lonely cloud, The moon rains out her beams, and heaven is overflowed. What thou art we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there...see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody . Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - English literature - 1852 - 404 pages
...one lonely cloud The moon rains out her beams, and heaven is overflow'd. " What thou art we know not. What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there...see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. " Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 399 pages
...one lonely cloud The moon rains out her beams, and heaven is overflowed. What thou art we know not; What is most like thee? From rainbow clouds there...see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To sympathy... | |
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