IF Theban Pindar rais'd his country's fame, Whilst its great deeds he does in odes rehearse, And they made greater by his noble verse In gratitude are trophies to his name: Then English Pindar shall for ever live, Since his divine and lofty poetry Secur'd, great Reggio, by thy harmony, Shall to itself immortal glory give. The world's amaz'd to hear the sweet consent, Betwixt thy charming voice and instrument, They'd stop the bays which from Apollo fled; Thy skilful notes would make in full career Phoebus, the God of Music, stay to hear, And with his Daphne crown thy rival head. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 4. CAPRI by SARA TEASDALE ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by FRANCIS BEAUMONT SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 27 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE LISBON PACKET by GEORGE GORDON BYRON IN THIS DARK HOUSE by EDWARD DAVISON THE SUPERSEDED by THOMAS HARDY AN OLD BATTLE-FIELD by FRANK LEBBY STANTON ON HIS MISTRESS, THE QUEEN OF BOHEMIA by HENRY WOTTON TO WALTER LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD ON HIS BAR-MITZVAH by LOUIS BARNETT ABRAHAMS |