|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: LEIGH HUNT, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Despite misfortune, poverty, the dearth
Last Line: His sole brave creed, the creed samaritan!
Subject(s): Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859)
First Line: Despite misfortune, poverty, the dearth
Last Line: His sole brave creed, the creed samaritan!
Subject(s): Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859)
DESPITE misfortune, poverty, the dearth
Of simplest justice to his heart and brain,
This gracious optimist lived not in vain;
Rather, he made a partial Heaven of Earth;
For whatsoe'er of pure and cordial birth
In body or soul dawned on him, he was fain
To bless and love, as an immortal gain
A thing divine, of fair immaculate worth: --
The clearest, cleanest nature given to man
In these, our latter days, methinks was his,
With instincts which alone did bring him bliss;
All life he viewed as one long, luminous plan
Wherein God's love and wisdom meet and kiss, --
His sole brave creed, the creed Samaritan!
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
TO LEIGH HUNT, ESQ. by JOHN KEATS
TO LEIGH HUNT, ON AN OMISSION IN HIS 'FEAST OF THE POETS' by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
LETTER TO MARIA GISBORNE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
TO - (4) by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
ANOTHER CYNICAL VARIATION by UNKNOWN+48
A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE
ASPECTS OF THE PINES by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE
BEYOND THE POTOMAC by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE
CHARLESTON by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE