UTTERED by whom, or how inspired, -- designed For what strange service, does this concert reach Our ears, and near the dwellings of mankinb! Mid fields familiarized to human speech? No mermaids warble -- to allay the wind Driving some vessel toward a dangerous beach, -- More thrilling melodies; witch answering witch, To chant a love-spell, never intertwined Notes shrill and wild with art more musical: Alas! that from the lips of abject want Or idleness in tatters mendicant The strain should flow, -- free fancy to enthral, And with regret and useless pity haunt This bold, this bright, this sky-born waterfall! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AIN COUNTRIE by MARY LEE DEMAREST THE BELLS OF HEAVEN by RALPH HODGSON HEART'S-EASE by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR ULTIMA THULE: MY CATHEDRAL by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW PARADISE LOST: BOOK 4 by JOHN MILTON THE OWL by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS BY BLUE ONTARIO'S SHORE by WALT WHITMAN HOMAGE TO QUINTUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENTIS CHRISTIANUS (2) by ANYTE |