Classic Poem

An instant chose its mien of love!
It felt the dark orient influence approve,
Whether species of vivid color chose.
Self's criticism of mediums' hold
Falls into uncertain depth, thus
Thinks blindly, but from bold
Following unfolds terminable thoughts.
Innocence fares in bitter apparency;
Age loathes misery's claim, but
Kindness of memory hath its chosen
Kin; the fable told the secrecy of
Common from its example; the mood
Has its restlessness; the lyre-
Birds were foundlings to the buyers.