SHAKESPEARE! -- to such name's sounding, what succeeds Fitly as silence? Falter forth the spell, -- Act follows word, the speaker knows full well, Nor tampers with its magic more than needs. Two names there are: That which the Hebrew reads With his soul only: if from lips it fell, Echo, back thundered by earth, heaven and hell, Would own "Thou didst create us!" Naught impedes We voice the other name, man's most of might, Awesomely, lovingly: let awe and love Mutely await their working, leave to sight All of the issue as -- below -- above -- Shakespeare's creation rises: one remove, Though dread -- this finite from that infinite. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GREENNESS by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE MODERN LOVE: 1 by GEORGE MEREDITH THOSE EVENING BELLS by THOMAS MOORE THE WINDOW; OR, THE SONG OF THE WRENS: THE LETTER by ALFRED TENNYSON THE DALLIANCE OF THE EAGLES by WALT WHITMAN THE INVITATION by JAMES BARCLAY THE PUPPETS by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER |