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Rh His songs brought gladness unto many hearts
 * And soothed men’s sorrows as with magic spell.

His name was known in palace and in cot,
 * For king and peasant loved the poet well.

And why? Because he sang of human faith,
 * Of human love, of human joy and pain,

The grandest thoughts couched in the simplest words,
 * The lowliest mind could grasp the meaning plain.

O poet ploughmen! thine the laurel wreath,
 * Whose songs found answer in the hearts of men,

Thy name shall live on Fame’s immortal scroll
 * After his name has passed from mortal ken,

Thine the true poet soul and master mind
 * Whose lyrics touched the hearts of all mankind.