O poet of the time to be, My conqueror, I began for thee. Enter into thy poet's pain, And take the riches of the rain, And make the perfect year for me. Thou unto whom my lyre shall fall, Whene'er thou comest, hear my call. O, keep the promise of my lays, Take the sweet parable of my days; I trust thee with the aim of all. And if thy thoughts unfold from me, Know that I too have hints of thee, Dim hopes that come across my mind In the rare days of warmer wind, And tones of summer in the sea. And I have set thy paths, I guide Thy blossoms on the wild hillside. And I, thy bygone poet, share The flowers that throng thy feet where I led thy feet before I died. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE POLAR QUEST by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON SONG FOR JULY 12TH, 1843 by JOHN DE JEAN FRAZER TO SENECA LAKE by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 10 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI HESPERIDES by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH UNTEACHABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN WALL STREET by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. TO A STRANGER by EDWARD CARPENTER |