Revived the exalted face we know so well.
The illuminated eyes, the fragile frame,
Slowly consuming with its inward flame,
"We stir not, speak not, lest we break the spell.
III.
A voice was needed, sweet and true and fine
As the sad spirit of the evening breeze,
Throbbing with human passion, yet divine
As the wild bird s untutored melodies.
A voice for him neath twilight heavens dim,
Who mourneth for his dead, while round him fall
The wan and noiseless leaves. A voice for him
Who sees the first green sprout, who hears the call
Of the first robin on the first spring day.
A voice for all whom Fate hath set apart,
Who, still misprized, must perish by the way,
Longing with love, for that they lack the art
Of their own soul s expression. For all these
Sing the unspoken hope, the vague, sad reveries.
IV.
Then Nature shaped a poet’s heart—a lyre
From out whose chords the lightest breeze that blows
Drew trembling music, wakening sweet desire.
How shall she cherish him? Behold! she throws
