Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VI. Fancy. 1904. | | | | Poems of Sentiment: IV. Thought: Poetry: Books | | The Poet of Nature | | Philip James Bailey (1816–1902) |
| | From “Festus”
HE had no times of study, and no place; | |
| All places and all times to him were one. | |
| His soul was like the wind-harp, which he loved, | |
| And sounded only when the spirit blew, | |
| Sometime in feasts and follies, for he went | 5 |
| Lifelike through all things; and his thoughts then rose | |
| Like sparkles in the bright wine, brighter still; | |
| Sometimes in dreams, and then the shining words | |
| Would wake him in the dark before his face. | |
| All things talked thoughts to him. The sea went mad | 10 |
| To show his meaning; and the awful sun | |
| Thundered his thoughts into him; and at night | |
| The stars would whisper theirs, the moon sigh hers. | | | | |
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