EXALTED mind! whose character doth bear The first idea of perfection, whence Adam's came, and stands so, how canst appear In words, that only tell what here- Tofore hath been? Thou need'st as deep a sense As prophecy, since there's no difference In telling what thou art and what shall be. Then pardon me that rapture do profess At thy outside, that want for what I see Description, if here amaz'd I cease Thus--- Yet grant one question, and no more, crav'd under Thy gracious leave: How, if thou wouldst express Thyself to us, thou shouldst be still a wonder? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WRITTEN AFTER SWIMMING FROM SESTOS TO ABYDOS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 26. FIRST LOVE by THOMAS CAMPION MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: HER DEATH by THOMAS HOOD CUSTER'S LAST CHARGE [JUNE 25, 1876] by FREDERICK WHITTAKER EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 32. THERE'S NO DEFENCE AGAINST LOVE by PHILIP AYRES |