Praised be the poet, who the sonnet's claim, Severest of the orders that belong Distinct and separate to the Delphic Song, Shall venerate, nor its appropriate name Lawless assume. Peculiar is its frame, From him derived, who shunned the city throng, And warbled sweet thy rocks and streams among, Lonely Valclusa! -- and that heir of fame, Our greater Milton, hath, by many a lay Formed on that arduous model, fully shown That English verse may happily display Those strict energic measures, which alone Deserve the name of sonnet, and convey A grandeur, grace and spirit, all their own. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAST MAN: A CROCODILE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES TO THE UNKNOWN EROS: BOOK 1: 10. THE TOYS by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE SISTER HELEN by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE PASSING YEAR by MATHILDE BLIND THE BATTLE OF LANGSIDE by JOHN BROWN (1810-1882) |