HAUNTED of Beauty, like the marvellous youth Who sang Saint Agnes' Eve! How passing fair Her shapes took color in thy homestead air! How on thy canvas even her dreams were truth! Magician! who from commonest elements Called up divine ideals, clothed upon By mystic lights soft blending into one Womanly grace and child-like innocence. Teacher! thy lesson was not given in vain. Beauty is goodness; ugliness is sin: Art's place is sacred: nothing foul therein May crawl or tread with bestial feet profane. If rightly choosing is the painter's test, Thy choice, Omaster, ever was the best. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WOOD OF FLOWERS by JAMES STEPHENS PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN OF CHARTRES by HENRY BROOKS ADAMS TO A WILD DUCK by BERNICE GIBBS ANDERSON ON THE VIRGINITY OF THE VIRGIN MARY AND JOHANNA SOUTHCOTT by WILLIAM BLAKE THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: A CHAIN TO WEAR by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |