296. Scorn not the Sonnet by William Wordsworth
b"W Wordsworth read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\n http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n \\n Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n \\n ---------------------------------------------\\n \\n Scorn not the Sonnet\\n by William Wordsworth (1770 \\u2013 1850)\\n \\n Scorn not the Sonnet; Critic, you have frowned,\\n Mindless of its just honours; with this key\\n Shakespeare unlocked his heart; the melody\\n Of this small lute gave ease to Petrarch's wound;\\n A thousand times this pipe did Tasso sound;\\n With it Cam\\xf6ens soothed an exile's grief;\\n The Sonnet glittered a gay myrtle leaf\\n Amid the cypress with which Dante crowned\\n His visionary brow: a glow-worm lamp,\\n It cheered mild Spenser, called from Faery-land\\n To struggle through dark ways; and, when a damp\\n Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand\\n The Thing became a trumpet; whence he blew\\n Soul-animating strains--alas, too few!\\n \\n \\n For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n \\n Reading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"