WHO nearer Nature's life would truly come Must nearest come to him of whom I speak; He all kinds knew,-- the vocal and the dumb; Masterful in genius was he, and unique, Patient, sagacious, tender, frolicsome. This Concord Pan would oft his whistle take, And forth from wood and fen, field, hill, and lake, Trooping around him in their several guise, The shy inhabitants their haunts forsake: Then he, like Aesop, man would satirize, Hold up the image wild to cleanest view Of undiscerning manhood's puzzled eyes, And mocking say, "Lo! mirrors here for you: Be true as these, if ye would be more wise." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BARBER'S by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE RELIGIO LAICI; OR, A LAYMAN'S FAITH by JOHN DRYDEN FORERUNNERS by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE BOYS by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES STREET CORNER COLLEGE by KENNETH PATCHEN AMORETTI: 64 by EDMUND SPENSER FANTAISIES DECORATIVES: 2. LES BALLOONS by OSCAR WILDE DIRGE FOR THE LATE JAMES CURRIE, M.D., OF LIVERPOOL by LUCY AIKEN |