--My poet the rose of his fancies 
Wrought unwritten in verse, 
And left but the lilies and pansies 
To strew his early hearse. 
 
--The master-dream of your poet 
Has perished for ever then? 
--What know we? Should we know it 
If it were born again?
Thomas MacDonagh
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-poet-3/