Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON MICHAEL ANGELO, by WASHINGTON ALLSTON Poet's Biography First Line: Tis not to honor thee by verse of mine Last Line: Which lives within thee, sole, and free of all. Subject(s): Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) | ||||||||
'T is not to honor thee by verse of mine I bear a record of thy wondrous power; Thou stand'st alone, and needest not to shine With borrowed lustre: for the light is thine Which no man giveth; and, though comets lower Portentous round thy sphere, thou still art bright; Though many a satellite about thee fall, Leaving their stations merged in trackless night, Yet take not they from that supernal light Which lives within thee, sole, and free of all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON AN UNFINISHED STATUE BY MICHAEL ANGELO by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT FOR THE HOLY FAMILY, BY MICHELANGELO (IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI CONVERSATION WITH A JAPANESE STUDENT by ELEANOR WILNER MICHAEL ANGELO by AUGUSTE BARBIER THE ARCIERI OF MICHELANGELO by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE 'MOSES' OF MICHAEL ANGELO by ROBERT BROWNING MICHELANGELO by RHYS CARPENTER DEATH-BED REFLECTIONS OF MICHAEL-ANGELO by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE |
|