Versos English Edwin Arlington Robinson To mortal ears the plainest word may ring

English poem

To mortal ears the plainest word may ring

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Listen in the reader

Fantastic and unheard-of, and as false And out of tune as ever to our own Did ring the prayers of man-made maniacs; But if that word be the plain word of Truth, It leaves an echo that begets itself, Persistent in itself and of itself, Regenerate, reiterate, replete.