(For Aline) From what old ballad, or from what rich frame Did you descend to glorify the earth? Was it from Chaucer's singing book you came? Or did Watteau's small brushes give you birth? Nothing so exquisite as that slight hand Could Raphael or Leonardo trace. Nor could the poets know in Fairyland The changing wonder of your lyric face. I would possess a host of lovely things, But I am poor and such joys may not be. So God who lifts the poor and humbles kings Sent loveliness itself to dwell with me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLANCY OF THE MOUNTED POLICE by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE A LAY OF ST. DUNSTAN by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM THE IMPROVISATORE: RODOLPH THE WILD by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES PSALM 7; UPON WORDS OF CHUSH THE BENJAMITE; AUGUST 14, 1653 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE DEAD BRONCHO-BUSTER by BERTON BRALEY THE HOMING BIRD by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |