O FOR the help of Angels to complete This Temple -- Angels governed by a plan Thus far pursued (how gloriously!) by Man, Studious that HE might not disdain the seat Who dwells in heaven! But that aspiring heat Hath failed; and now, ye Powers! whose gorgeous wings And splendid aspect yon emblazonings But faintly picture, 'twere an office meet For you, on these unfinished shafts to try The midnight virtues of your harmony: -- This vast design might tempt you to repeat Strains that call forth upon empyreal ground Immortal Fabrics, rising to the sound Of penetrating harps and voices sweet! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES PASSION AND LOVE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR MUSKETAQUID by RALPH WALDO EMERSON CRADLE SONG (TO A TUNE OF BLAKE'S): 1 by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE RAGGED WOOD by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS ON CYNTHIA, SINGING A RECITATIVE PIECE OF MUSIC by PHILIP AYRES |