Analysis of The Maid Of Orleans

Humanity's bright image to impair.
 Scorn laid thee prostrate in the deepest dust;
Wit wages ceaseless war on all that's fair,--
 In angel and in God it puts no trust;
The bosom's treasures it would make its prey,--
Besieges fancy,--dims e'en faith's pure ray.

Yet issuing like thyself from humble line,
 Like thee a gentle shepherdess is she--
Sweet poesy affords her rights divine,
 And to the stars eternal soars with thee.
Around thy brow a glory she hath thrown;
The heart 'twas formed thee,--ever thou'lt live on!

The world delights whate'er is bright to stain,
 And in the dust to lay the glorious low;
Yet fear not! noble bosoms still remain,
 That for the lofty, for the radiant glow
Let Momus serve to fill the booth with mirth;
A nobler mind loves forms of nobler worth.