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