PROPHETIC pencil! wilt thou trace A faithful image of the face, Or wilt thou write the "Name Unknown, Ordained to bless my charmed soul, And all my future fate control, Unrivalled and alone? Delicious Idol of my thought: Though sylph or spirit hath not taught My boding heart thy precious name; Yet musing on my distant fate, To charms unseen I consecrate A visionary flame. Thy rosy blush, thy meaning eye, Thy virgin voice of melody, Are ever present to my heart; Thy murmured vows shall yet be mine, My thrilling hand shall meet with tnine, And never, never part! Then fly, my days, on rapid wing, Till Love the viewless treasure bring; While I, like conscious Athens, own A power in mystic silence sealed, A guardian angel unrevealed, And bless the "Name Unknown!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER THICKET by SHARON OLDS CAMPUS SONNET: BEFORE AN EXAMINATION by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET PORTRAIT OF A BOY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET UNTITLED, 1968; FOR MARK ROTHKO by JAMES GALVIN SOMEBODY LOVED ME by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE ROAD TO AVIGNON by AMY LOWELL A JOYFUL SONG OF FIVE by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: REV. LEMUEL WILEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |