“But Thee, but Thee, O sovereign Seer of time, But Thee, O poets' Poet, Wisdom's Tongue, But Thee, O man's best Man, O love's best Love, O perfect life in perfect labor writ, O all men's Comrade, Servant, King, or Priest, -- What IF or YET, what mole, what flaw, what lapse, What least defect or shadow of defect, What rumor, tattled by an enemy, Of inference loose, what lack of grace Even in torture's grasp, or sleep's, or death's -- Oh, what amiss may I forgive in Thee, Jesus, good Paragon, Thou Crystal Christ?” IfsMenMayJesusChristSleepPerfectEnemyGracePoetKingsShadowLaborForgivingTongueTheeServantTorturePriestsWhat IfFlawsSovereignDefectsRumorCrystalsBest LoveComradeLapsesInferenceSeersMolesPerfect LifeParagon Book:Poems of Sidney Lanier Source: Poems of Sidney Lanier
“But where does by far the bulk, the whole ambulance load, of pain really come from? Where must it come from? Isn't the true poet or painter a seer? Isn't he, actually, the only seer we have on earth? Most apparently not the scientist, most emphatically not the psychiatrist.” DoeWholeEarthPainPoetScientistPainterLoadPsychiatristSeersAmbulance Author:J. D. Salinger
“Take time for good books; time to absorb the thoughts of poets and philosophers, seers and prophets.” BookPoetPhilosopherProphetTake TimeGood BookSeers Author:Wilferd Peterson
“Poets do not compose their poems with knowledge, but by some inborn talent and by inspiration, like seers and prophets who also say many fine things without any understanding of what they say.” InspirationUnderstandingTalentPoetFineProphetSeersFine Things Book:Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo Source: Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo