Beauty like hers is genius. Not the call
Of Homer's or of Dante's heart sublime,-
Not Michael's hand furrowing the zones of time,-
Is more with compassed mysteries musical;
Nay, not in Spring's or Summer's sweet footfall
More gathered gifts exuberant Life bequeaths
Than doth this sovereign face, whose love-spell breathes
Even from its shadowed contour on the wall.
As many men are poets in their youth,
But for one sweet-strung soul the wires prolong
Even through all change the indomitable song;
So in like wise the envenomed years, whose tooth
Rends shallower grace with ruin void of ruth,
Upon this beauty's power shall wreak no wrong.
Sonnet Xviii: Genius In Beauty
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Poem topics: change, heart, life, power, song, spring, summer, time, soul, wise, wall, face, wrong, void, prolong, sublime, youth, beauty, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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