Spirit of ethereal birth! Aerial visitant of earth! Flashing vivid through the soul, Warm as the spark Prometheus stole. Hither, Fancy, hither come; 'Neath thine iris wings I'll roam. Take me to thy crystal caves, Glassy chambers of the waves; Where the dolphin's golden back Splashes gems around its track, Cleaving through the rocky cells, Green with weeds, and rich with shells; Where the Nereids keep their court, Where the mermaids hold their sport; Where the syren sings to sleep All the tenants of the deep; Take me through the proud blue sea, Show its beauties all to me! Waft me where the stars appear, Where the other worlds career; Let me scan the dazzling scroll God's hand only can unroll! Let me hear the saints rejoice, Giving praise with harp and voice; Let me tread the welkin round, Lulled in soft Elysian sound; Let me rove the fields of light, Give their glories to my sight. Take me where the fairies spring Round about their moonlit ring; Where the dancing elfin sprites Consecrate their mystic rites; Lead where Hippodrene's bright fount Gushes down the flowery mount; Where Apollo's hand bestows Fadeless wreaths on poets' brows. Hither, Fancy, hither come; 'Neath thine iris wings I'll roam! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE BOY by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY TO GIOVANNI DA PISTOIA ON THE PAINTING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL, 1509 by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI MUSIC IN CAMP by JOHN REUBEN THOMPSON THE TABLES TURNED by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH HUDSON RIVER ANTHOLOGY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |