URGED by Ambition, who with subtlest skill Changes her means, the Enthusiast as a dupe Shall soar, and as a hypocrite can stoop, And turn the instruments of good to ill, Moulding the credulous people to his will. Such DUNSTAN: -- from its Benedictine coop Issues the master Mind, at whose fell swoop The chaste affections tremble to fulfil Their purposes. Behold, pre-signified, The Might of spiritual sway! his thoughts, his dreams, Do in the supernatural world abide: So vaunt a throng of Followers, filled with pride In what they see of virtues pushed to extremes, And sorceries of talent misapplied. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PENITENTIAL PSALM: 143. DOMINE EXAUDI by THOMAS WYATT IN THE NEOLITHIC AGE by RUDYARD KIPLING THE BLESSED DAMOZEL by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE LONG AGO by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TAYLOR RAMBLE OF THE GODS THROUGH BIRMINGHAM, SELECTION by JAMES BISSET |