Because the lovely little flower is free
Down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
A Poet! He hath put his Heart to School.
Minds that have nothing to confer
Find little to perceive.
Yes, Thou art Fair.
Footnotes
[465:1] Coleridge said to Wordsworth ("Memoirs" by his nephew, vol. ii. p. 74), "Since Milton, I know of no poet with so many felicities and unforgettable lines and stanzas as you."
The intellectual power, through words and things,