The Man with the Hoe, and Other Poems (Markham, Pyle, 1900)/The Poets

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The Poets

Some cry of Sappho's lyre, of Saadi's flute,
Comes back across the waste of mortal things:
Men strive and die to reach the Dead Sea fruit—
Only the poets find immortal springs.

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