FATAL aspect! that hast an influence More powerful far than those immortal fires That but incline the will and move the sense, Which thou alone constrain'st, kindling desires Of such an holy force as more inspires The soul with knowledge, than experience Or revelation can do with all Their borrow'd helps: sacred astonishment Sits on thy brow, threat'ning a sudden fall To all those thoughts that are not lowly sent, In wonder and amaze; dazzling that eye Which on those mysteries doth rudely gaze, Vow'd only unto Love's divinity: Sure Adam sinn'd not in that spotless face. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE NATIONAL PAINTINGS: COL. TRUMBULL'S 'THE DECLARATION...' by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK PASSING AWAY by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI VANITAS VANITATUM, FR. THE DEVIL'S CASE LAW by JOHN WEBSTER EPITHALAMIUM by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |