 | The Poems of Sir William Watson |  |
THE SOVEREIGN POET
He sits above the clang and dust of Time,
With the world's secret trembling on his lip.
He asks not converse or companionship
In the cold starlight where thou canst not climb.
With the world's secret trembling on his lip.
He asks not converse or companionship
In the cold starlight where thou canst not climb.
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The undelivered tidings in his breast
Suffer him not to rest.
He sees afar the immemorable throng
And binds the scattered ages with a song.
Suffer him not to rest.
He sees afar the immemorable throng
And binds the scattered ages with a song.
The glorious riddle of his rhythmic breath,
His might, his spell, we know not what they be:
We only feel, whate'er he uttereth,
This savours not of death,
This hath a relish of eternity.
His might, his spell, we know not what they be:
We only feel, whate'er he uttereth,
This savours not of death,
This hath a relish of eternity.
1894
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