Spirit of ethereal birth! Aerial visitant of earth! Flashing vivid through the soul, Warm as the spark Prometheus stole. Hither, Fancy, hither come; 'Neath thine iris wings I'll roam. Take me to thy crystal caves, Glassy chambers of the waves; Where the dolphin's golden back Splashes gems around its track, Cleaving through the rocky cells, Green with weeds, and rich with shells; Where the Nereids keep their court, Where the mermaids hold their sport; Where the syren sings to sleep All the tenants of the deep; Take me through the proud blue sea, Show its beauties all to me! Waft me where the stars appear, Where the other worlds career; Let me scan the dazzling scroll God's hand only can unroll! Let me hear the saints rejoice, Giving praise with harp and voice; Let me tread the welkin round, Lulled in soft Elysian sound; Let me rove the fields of light, Give their glories to my sight. Take me where the fairies spring Round about their moonlit ring; Where the dancing elfin sprites Consecrate their mystic rites; Lead where Hippodrene's bright fount Gushes down the flowery mount; Where Apollo's hand bestows Fadeless wreaths on poets' brows. Hither, Fancy, hither come; 'Neath thine iris wings I'll roam! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY by JOHN STERLING (1806-1844) THE DESPAIRING LOVER by WILLIAM WALSH (1663-1707) THE SEA GULL by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD LOST FLOWER by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 66 by THOMAS CAMPION TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. O MIGHTY MOTHER by EDWARD CARPENTER |