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."

[465:2]

The intellectual power, through words and things,