Sonnet On The Late S. T. Coleridge
July 6, 2023On Seeing The Picture Of Æolus By Pelligrino Tibaldi, In The Institute At Bolog
July 6, 2023On The Statue Of An Angel, By Bienaimé, Of Rome, In The possession Of J. S. Cop
Oh, who can look on that celestial face,
And kindred for it claim with aught on earth?
If ever here more lovely form had birth–
No–never that supernal purity–that grace
So eloquent of unimpassioned love!
That, by a simple movement, thus imparts
Its own harmonious peace, the while our hearts
Rise, as by instinct, to the world above.
And yet we look on cold, unconscious stone.
But what is that which thus our spirits own
As Truth and Life? ‘Tis not material Art–
But e’en the Sculptor’s soul to sense unseal’d.
Oh, never may he doubt–its witness so reveal’d–
There lives within him an immortal part.
Washington Allston
Washington Allston (1779-1843) was an American painter and poet who is best known for his Romantic landscape paintings and his poetry. Allston's most famous works include "The Sylphs of the Seasons" and "America to Great Britain." Allston was also a close friend of the American writer Washington Irving.