The Romantic Poet

The Poet

At morn, at noon, at eve, and middle night
He passes forth into the charmèd air,
With talisman to call up spirits rare
From plant, cave, rock, and fountain.–To his sight
The husk of natural objects opens quite
To the core; and every secret essence there
Reveals the elements of good and fair;
Making him see, where Learning hath no light.
Sometimes above the gross and palpable things
Of this diurnal sphere, his spirit flies
On awful wing; and with its destined skies
Hold premature and mystic communings;
Till such unearthly intercourses shed
A visible halo round his mortal head.

?John Taylor (1781–1864)

sometimes ascribed to John Keats

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