Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE 'NAME UNKNOWN' (IN IMITATION OF KLOPSTOCK), by THOMAS CAMPBELL


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THE 'NAME UNKNOWN' (IN IMITATION OF KLOPSTOCK), by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Prophetic pencil! Wilt thou trace
Last Line: "and bless the ""name unknown!"
Subject(s): Names; Klopstock, Friedrich (1724-1803)


PROPHETIC pencil! wilt thou trace
A faithful image of the face,
Or wilt thou write the "Name Unknown,
Ordained to bless my charmed soul,
And all my future fate control,
Unrivalled and alone?

Delicious Idol of my thought:
Though sylph or spirit hath not taught
My boding heart thy precious name;
Yet musing on my distant fate,
To charms unseen I consecrate
A visionary flame.

Thy rosy blush, thy meaning eye,
Thy virgin voice of melody,
Are ever present to my heart;
Thy murmured vows shall yet be mine,
My thrilling hand shall meet with tnine,
And never, never part!

Then fly, my days, on rapid wing,
Till Love the viewless treasure bring;
While I, like conscious Athens, own
A power in mystic silence sealed,
A guardian angel unrevealed,
And bless the "Name Unknown!"





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