SHAKESPEARE! -- to such name's sounding, what succeeds Fitly as silence? Falter forth the spell, -- Act follows word, the speaker knows full well, Nor tampers with its magic more than needs. Two names there are: That which the Hebrew reads With his soul only: if from lips it fell, Echo, back thundered by earth, heaven and hell, Would own "Thou didst create us!" Naught impedes We voice the other name, man's most of might, Awesomely, lovingly: let awe and love Mutely await their working, leave to sight All of the issue as -- below -- above -- Shakespeare's creation rises: one remove, Though dread -- this finite from that infinite. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LORD WALTER'S WIFE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE AFRICAN CHIEF by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT FIDELIA: 4. THE AUTHOR'S RESOLUTION IN A SONNET by GEORGE WITHER WINDOW TRIMMER by MARGARET LEE ASHLEY THE ENEMY by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE TO CONNECTICUT RIVER by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD TO RALPH LEYCESTER, ESQ. ON HIS SENDING THE AUTHOR A HARE by JOHN BYROM |