The poem
THE SIMPLE Bard, unbroke by rules of art, He pours the wild effusions of the heart; And if inspir’d ’tis Nature’s pow’rs inspire; Her’s all the melting thrill, and her’s the kindling fire.
Motto prefixed to the Author’s first Publication
124Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
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