Sonnet (Kind Words) · The Taiwan Way: What I Learned in Art Class

Let thy HEART speak, O Bard! And thou shalt find
How lovingly will every heart respond;
For its sweet lore, though deep, is not beyond
The lowliest brother’s. All of human kind,
Of every tongue and nation, grade, or mind,
Echo its jindly utterance, and the bond
Of Brotherhood is strengthened. Not unconned
Is the Heart’s volume, though the soul be blind.
Let they words fall, with Love’s pure sunbeams warm,
So shall they bless where harsher tones would fail;
All love the sunshine, few admire the storm;
The zephyr pleases, but we dread the gale;
Speak to the God, the God shall make reply;
But to thy sterner tone shall Echo sternly cry.

Title: Sonnet (Kind Words)
Alternative Title: Let thy Heart speak, O Bard! And thou shalt find
Creator: George Shepard Burleigh
Bibliographic Citation: Washington (PA) Banner 2:3:4 (December 17, 1842); George S. Burleigh Papers, 1825-1902. John Hay Library, Brown University. Small Scrapbook 73
Date: 1842
Subject: Poetry; Aesthetic Theory
note: This poem contains, in an early work, George S. Burleigh's theory for his own aesthetic.; Pleasant Height listed as place; Under E.D.H. pseudonym; This work was authenticated in one of the few existing issues of the Washington Banner, the one held on microfilm at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.; This was published in the Washington Banner after William Burleigh's editorship had ceased. It was in the hands of "Fleeson and Gally"; R. C. Fleeson; The Washington Banner was published simultaneously in Pittsburgh and Allegheny.

Item sets: Burleigh Resources ALL; George Shepard Burleigh Poems

Media: Sonnet (Kind Words)