Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET TO A CERTAIN POET, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES


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First Line: At beauty's altar fervent acolyte
Last Line: Where wordsworth stands, feeding the multitudes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Beauty; Poetry & Poets; Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)


AT Beauty's altar fervent acolyte,
And favored candidate for priestly name,
In object as in force adore aright
Nor waste one breath of thy rare gift of flame;
Nature, Artistic Form, Music, -- all these
Are shapes where partial Beauty deigns to lie,
And mediate, as with types and images,
Between frail hearts and perfect Deity.
From Thee a purer faith is due, -- to find
The Beauty of Life, -- the Melody of Mind, --
Which the true Poet's quest never eludes:
Speed Thou Philosophy's straight-onward flight,
Aiming thy wings at that serenest height,
Where Wordsworth stands, feeding the multitudes.





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