On Reading Poetic Genius

Through that enlightened feeling in my mind

Not straying from the brightness I desire
By those who've shed through beauty of a kind
I long to grow by those whom I admire

To be much more than my mere mortal frame
and bid beyond my capability
If I'd conceive my thoughts to share their aim
Then I shall truly have nobility

What can it be to stand in time alone
If I maintain my ways throughout this thought
Much more within my life by righteous tone

I may create that ripple I have sought

But nothing in my soul does indicate
That I am surely meant to be as great