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Poems.
Look on it with exceeding love, and write
The words inspired by wonder and delight.
The words inspired by wonder and delight.
Of tempests wouldst thou sing,
Or tell of battles—make thyself a part
Of the great tummult; cling
To the tossed wreck with terror in thy heart;
Scale, with the assaulting host, the rampart's height,
And strike and struggle in the thickest fight.
Or tell of battles—make thyself a part
Of the great tummult; cling
To the tossed wreck with terror in thy heart;
Scale, with the assaulting host, the rampart's height,
And strike and struggle in the thickest fight.
So shalt thou frame a lay
That haply may endure from age to age,
And they who read shall say:
What witchery hangs upon this poet's page!
What art is his the written spells to find
That sway from mood to mood the willing mind!
That haply may endure from age to age,
And they who read shall say:
What witchery hangs upon this poet's page!
What art is his the written spells to find
That sway from mood to mood the willing mind!