MASTER, whose very names have godlike power Of song and light divine, being his who went Unscathed through blearing fire omnipotent, Singing for men; and his who hour by hour Stands in the imminent and splendid shower Of God's effulgence; and being lastly blent With the warm light and odour effluent Of your own rhymes, our latest, loveliest dower, Not in our own land could my weakness mock Your strength with homage of my poor May-day, -- The applause of circling poets scared my song, But here where twenty thousand thunders shock The violent air for leagues of dim sea-way, Surely my heart may speak, nor do you wrong! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FATHER O'FLYNN by ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES HIS GRANGE, OR PRIVATE WEALTH by ROBERT HERRICK CASTOR AND POLYDEUCES by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 5. ALLAH-AL-KUDDUS by EDWIN ARNOLD LE GUIGNON by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE ELEGIAC SONNET TO A MOPSTICK by WILLIAM BECKFORD RIDDLE OF GOD by PAUL SOUTHWORTH BLISS |