Hawthorne Poem by Amos Bronson Alcott

Hawthorne

Rating: 3.2


ROMANCER, far more coy than that coy sex!
Perchance some stroke of magic thee befell,
Ere thy baronial keep the Muse did vex,
Nor grant deliverance from enchanted spell,
But tease thee all the while and sore perplex,
Till thou that wizard tale shouldst fairly tell,
Better than poets in thy own clear prose.
Painter of sin in its deep scarlet dyes,
Thy doomsday pencil Justice doth expose,
Hearing and judging at the dread assize;
New England’s guilt blazoning before all eyes,
No other chronicler than thee she chose.
Magician deathless! dost thou vigil keep,
Whilst ’neath our pines thou feignest deathlike sleep?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Julia Luber 10 March 2019

Embedded in complex imagination, somewhat transcendental but gothic.

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Nicole Settimi 10 March 2019

Incredible imagery! Xx NDS

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Bernard F. Asuncion 10 March 2019

One of the best poems of Amos Bronson Alcott................

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Dr Antony Theodore 10 March 2019

Painter of sin in its deep scarlet dyes, Thy doomsday pencil Justice doth expose, Hearing and judging at the dread assize; a very fine poem. tony

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Edward Kofi Louis 10 March 2019

In thy own clear prose! ! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Mahtab Bangalee 10 March 2020

Magician deathless! dost thou vigil keep, Whilst ’neath our pines thou feignest deathlike sleep? /// beautiful poem penned; enjoyable

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Kumarmani Mahakul 10 March 2020

A brilliant poem with lofty theme has been well executed.

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Dr Antony Theodore 10 March 2020

No other chronicler than thee she chose. Magician deathless! dost thou vigil keep, Whilst ’neath our pines thou feignest deathlike sleep? very good poem.

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Ramesh T A 10 March 2020

A painter of great skill is more romantic than coy ever lives though settled as death sleep in spine! A skillful composition of a poem to reckon with sure! Thanks for sharing it here!

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Ratnakar Mandlik 10 March 2019

One of the best poems of Amos Bronson Alcott with the best flight of imagery.

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