Why should the tiny harp be chained to themes In fourteen lines with pedant rigor bound? The sonnet's might is mightier than it seems: Witness the bard of Eden lost and found, Who gave this lute a clarion's battle sound. And, lo! another Milton calmly turns His eyes within on light that ever burns, Waiting till Wordsworth's second peer be found! Meantime, Fitzadam's mournful music shows That the scorned sonnet's charm may yet endear Some long deep strain, or lay of well-told woes; Such as, in Byron's couplet, brings a tear To manly cheeks, or o'er his stanza throws Rapture and grief, solemnity and fear. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ANSWER TO MR. POPE by ANNE FINCH UPON JULIA'S CLOTHES by ROBERT HERRICK THE FORSAKEN by C. HAMILTON AIDE DIRGE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE POWER OF WOMEN by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS PSALM 58 (VERSION 2) by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE MY HIDING PLACE AND ME by BARBARA BROOKS BIXLEY |