The mighty secrets of his power.

Thy heart, with one high throb, can rise

His fair, heroic dreams above—

There breathes more passion in thy voice

Than in a thousand lays of love.

Ah, know’st thou not, the while thou deem’st

The poet’s mission most divine,

Life’s grand, unwritten poetry

Goes out from natures such as thine?

What though it falleth brokenly,