Enigma
The
noblest
name
in
Allegory's
page,
The
hand
that
traced
inexorable
rage;
A
pleasing
moralist
whose
page
refined,
Displays
the
deepest
knowledge
of
the
mind;
A
tender
poet
of
a
foreign
tongue,
(Indited
in
the
language
that
he
sung.)
A
bard
of
brilliant
but
unlicensed
page
At
once
the
shame
and
glory
of
our
age,
The
prince
of
harmony
and
stirling
sense,
The
ancient
dramatist
of
eminence,
The
bard
that
paints
imagination's
powers,
And
him
whose
song
revives
departed
hours,
Once
more
an
ancient
tragic
bard
recall,
In
boldness
of
design
surpassing
all.
These
names
when
rightly
read,
a
name
[make]
known
Which
gathers
all
their
glories
in
its
own.
