He has a charm that sets each thought to music, <br />So rare an utterance, whoso hears him feels <br />Even a prosy theme has poesy <br />When a magician takes its study on. <br />So setting every subject to the tune <br />Of a due and endowed delivery, <br />The matter and the manner seem to steal <br />Like meeting music on the listening ear, <br />And crowded benches lurk to linger on <br />His latest note, as if a siren sung; <br />So sweet a fascination has the power <br />Of language when used by an orator.<br /><br />Robert Crawford<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-orator/
