PROPHETIC pencil! wilt thou trace A faithful image of the face, Or wilt thou write the "Name Unknown, Ordained to bless my charmed soul, And all my future fate control, Unrivalled and alone? Delicious Idol of my thought: Though sylph or spirit hath not taught My boding heart thy precious name; Yet musing on my distant fate, To charms unseen I consecrate A visionary flame. Thy rosy blush, thy meaning eye, Thy virgin voice of melody, Are ever present to my heart; Thy murmured vows shall yet be mine, My thrilling hand shall meet with tnine, And never, never part! Then fly, my days, on rapid wing, Till Love the viewless treasure bring; While I, like conscious Athens, own A power in mystic silence sealed, A guardian angel unrevealed, And bless the "Name Unknown!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WITCHCRAFT BY A PICTURE by JOHN DONNE THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 90. 'RETRO ME, SATHANA!' by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI TO THE NECROPHILE by WALTER CONRAD ARENSBERG THE BITER BIT by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN SONGS FOR MY MOTHER: 4. HER STORIES by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |