THE POET'S SECRET.
" There's a secret ; can you trust me ? Do not ask mt what it is ! IVrhaps oome day you too will know it, If you livo to bo a poot, — All its agony and bliss, Poetry is not a triilo Lightly thought and lightly made ; Not a fair and scentless flower, Gaily cultured for an hour, Then as gaily left to fade. 'Tis the essence of existence, Barely rising to the light ; And tho songs that echo longest, Deepest, fullest, truest, strongest, With your life-blood, you will write. Will you seek it ? Will you brave it ? ' 'Tis attrangoand solemn tiling ; Learning long before your teaching, Listening long before your preaching, Suffering before you sing.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1628, 9 December 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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116THE POET'S SECRET. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1628, 9 December 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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