One of the things that is wonderful about hymns is that they are a sort of universally shared poetry, at least among certain populations.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing.
We all know what it means to be sung to. And poetry is very close to that.
Poetry has always been made to seem kind of cultish. But the truth is, everybody really loves it! It's much more mainstream than anyone thought.
People used to say poems were different to songs but I don't think they are.
Poetry and prayer are very similar.
The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind.
Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.
My grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they ought to have been sung in the congregation. In that volume, he promised a second if the first should prove acceptable. We forgive him the first collection because he did not inflict another.
I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.
There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.