LOOK where a three-point star shall weave his beam Into the slumb'rous tissue of some stream, Till his bright self o'er his bright copy seem Fulfillment dropping on a come-true dream; So in this night of art thy soul doth show Her excellent double in the steadfast flow Of wishing love that through men's hearts doth go: At once thou shin'st above and shin'st below. E 'en when thou strivest there within Art's sky (Each star must o'er a strenuous orbit fly), Full calm thine image in our love doth lie, A Motion glassed in a Tranquillity. So triple-rayed, thou mov'st, yet stay'st, serene -- Art's artist, Love's dear woman, Fame's good queen! BALTIMORE, 1875. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHITE KNIGHT'S SONG by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON MISSIONARY HYMN by REGINALD HEBER THE HEART OF THE SOURDOUGH by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE SENEX TO MATT. PRIOR by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN STOKLEWATH; OR, THE CUMBRIAN VILLAGE by SUSANNA BLAMIRE |