Poems; original and translated by Charles Rann Kennedy ... and Two Poems by the Rev. Rann Kennedy. New Edition. By Charles Rann Kennedy |
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SHAKSPEARE AND MILTON.
Shakspeare and Milton, I have lived with you,Have mused upon your lessons oft and long,
And listen'd to the music of your tongue,
Ye prophets of the holy and the true:
And bold from such companionship I grew;
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As from the stream of your immortal song
A life-sustaining nourishment it drew.
Interpreters from Heaven to man were ye,
Eagles of never-drooping poesy,
Whose pinions to the founts of light could soar.
Insphered like stars in glory ye abide,
For bard and seer to gaze, your country's pride,
The wonder of the world, for evermore!
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