The Whole Duty Of A Poem

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Arthur Guiterman | Nov 1871 - Jan 1943 | American

A poem should be, as our best ever are,
Golden of heart like a rose or a star.

A poem should be, like the brook that you hear
Sing down the mountainside, lovely and clear.

Yet in its music a poem should hold
That which is felt but may never be told.