TWO POETS.
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His songs brought gladness unto many hearts
And soothed men’s sorrows as with magic spell.
His name was known in palace and in cot,
For king and peasant loved the poet well.
And why? Because he sang of human faith,
Of human love, of human joy and pain,
The grandest thoughts couched in the simplest words,
The lowliest mind could grasp the meaning plain.
O poet ploughmen! thine the laurel wreath,
Whose songs found answer in the hearts of men,
Thy name shall live on Fame’s immortal scroll
After his name has passed from mortal ken,
Thine the true poet soul and master mind
Whose lyrics touched the hearts of all mankind.
