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Show THE USELESS ONES. roots should not reason; Let them singl Argument Is treason Bells should ring. Statements none, nor question Gnomic words, Spirit cries, suggestions, Like the birds. Ho may use deduction Who must preach ; He may praise instruction Who must teach; But the poet duly Fills his port When the song bursts truly From his heart. For no purpose springing; For no pelf; Ho must do the singing i For itself. Not in lines austerely Let him build: ' Not tho surfaco merely Let him gild. Fearless, uninvited, Like a spring: Opal words, in lighted, Let him sing. As tho leaf grows sunward Song must grow; As the stream flows onward Bong must flow. Useless? Ayo for measure; ltoses die, But their breath gives pleasure Ood knows why I -John Boj li O'E-Jilly in Riot |