Favored by Heaven are those, ordained to taste The bliss supreme that kindles fancy's fire; Whose magic fingers sweep the muses' lyre, In varying cadence, eloquently chaste! Well may the mind, with tuneful numbers graced, To Fame's immortal attributes aspire, Above the treacherous spells of low desire, That wound the sense, by vulgar joys debased. For thou, blest Poesy! with godlike powers To calm the miseries of man wert given; When passion rends, and hopeless love devours, By memory goaded, and by frenzy driven, 'Tis thine to guide him 'midst Elysian bowers, And show his fainting soul, -- a glimpse of Heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARY DONNELLY by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA by ROBERT BROWNING ELEGY: 18. LOVES PROGRESS by JOHN DONNE LILIES: 22. THE VEIL OF BLISS by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) PORTRAIT SONNETS: 1 by HENRY BELLAMANN A DAY REMORSEFUL by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |