<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=118538" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Israphel</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A dreamer midst the stars doth dwell,<br>Known to the gods as Israphel.<br>His heart-strings are a lute;<br>And when, the magic notes outpouring,<br>He parts his lips, the gods, adoring,<br>Listen in transport mute,<br>Subdued and softened by the spell<br>Of the dreamer, Israphel!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And mortals, when they hear him, start,<br>And, full of wonder, call him—Art,<br>And, fain his gift to gain,<br>Essay to imitate the fashion<br>Of his rare song, and breathe its passion,—<br>But, ah, they strive in vain;<br>For his song is more than art,<br>Whose lute-strings are his heart!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And others, unto whom he wings<br>The sweetest melodies he sings,<br>In worship, name him—Love;<br>Yet longing the pure strain to capture,<br>When at the very height of rapture,<br>A sadness oft approve,<br>And fancy, strangely, that he wrings<br>The music from their own heart-strings!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Florence+Earle+Coates">Florence Earle Coates</a> from <i>Poems</i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=118538" data-title="Israphel de Florence Earle Coates" data-description="A dreamer midst the stars doth dwell,/Known to the gods as Israphel./His heart-strings are a lute;/And when, the magic notes outpouring,/He parts his lips, the gods, adoring,/Listen in transport mute,/Subdued and softened by the spell/Of the dream..."></div> </div> </div>

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