Enamored architect of airy rhyme, <br />Build as thou wilt, heed not what each man says: <br />Good souls, but innocent of dreamers' ways, <br />Will come, and marvel why thou wastest time; <br />Others, beholding how thy turrets climb <br />'Twixt theirs and heaven, will hate thee all thy days; <br />But most beware of those who come to praise. <br />O Wondersmith, O worker in sublime <br />And heaven-sent dreams, let art be all in all; <br />Build as thou wilt, unspoiled by praise or blame, <br />Build as thou wilt, and as thy light is given; <br />Then, if at last the airy structure fall, <br />Dissolve, and vanish -- take thyself no shame. <br />They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.<br /><br />Thomas Bailey Aldrich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/enamored-architect-of-airy-rhyme/
