A Sixth English Poet (Dante Gabriel Rossetti)William SharpFiona Macleod1Published with the permission of Iziko Museums of Cape TownA Sixth English Poet. (Dante Gabriel Rossetti)being an addition
to the series of fivein the Ballads and SonnetsWilliam Sharp1881 October 22holograph fair copy1 pageLibrary of the South African National Gallerygray unlined9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in
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This manuscript in preserved in the Rossetti/Wahl collection in the library
of the National Gallery of South Africa.
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A Sixth English Poet. (Dante Gabriel Rossetti)being an addition
to the series of fivein the Ballads and
Sonnets==The hollow sound of shoreless seas is thine,Of vast green waves that thunder as they sweepLike frowns across the dark face of the deep:With sweet sad lovely interludes that shineFair places in thy verse, 'neath skies benignAnd shadowy boughs where thro' the moontide sleepThe thrushes whose full notes shall erewhile leapFrom song-dreams to a tide of song divine.Singer, whose hand hath struck the chord that makeThe souls of men feel less life's burdening dayAnd hopeful for some calm rejoicing other,—Shakespeare and Dante, Milton, Shelley, takeThy hands in theirs, with welcoming lips that say“We waited long to throne thee with us,
Brother”!--------------------------William Sharp 22/10/81