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...TROUBLE IN DE KITCHEN by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR IN THE WILDERNESS by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES WOODS IN WINTER by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW SONNET by KATHARINE REBECCA ADAMS THE CLOUDS: SOCRATES' EXPERIMENTS by ARISTOPHANES EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 39. WON BY SUBTILTY by PHILIP AYRES THE DAYS OF '84 by RANDOLPH BEDFORD |