"poets" appears in 5 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
poets
...Rise like a band inspired,
Ye poets, let your lyrics
With hope for man be fired;...
Rise like a band inspired,
Ye poets, let your lyrics
With hope for man be fired;
...For each achievement human toil can reach;
For all the patriots win, and poets teach;
For the old light that gleams on history’s page,...
For each achievement human toil can reach;
For all the patriots win, and poets teach;
For the old light that gleams on history’s page,
...From which such tidings flow,
As monarchs, patriarchs, poets, sages,
Have longed in vain to know!...
From which such tidings flow,
As monarchs, patriarchs, poets, sages,
Have longed in vain to know!
...Deep in the prophets’ sacred page,
Grand in the poets’ wingèd word,
Slowly in type, from age to age,...
Deep in the prophets’ sacred page,
Grand in the poets’ wingèd word,
Slowly in type, from age to age,
...No river of forgetfulness,
As poets dreamed and sung,
Rolls yonder to efface the past,...
No river of forgetfulness,
As poets dreamed and sung,
Rolls yonder to efface the past,
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