MY PORTRAIT VOLK's Bronze Cast from Life-Mask. By permission of the CENTURY Co. 931 Portrait of Author. After Engraving by W. J. LINTON. THE V-A-8-E THE BRYANT VASE. Designed by JAMES H. WHITEHOUSE, of TIFFANY & Co., 974 975 The Poct. Thow who wouldst wear the Grame Of Purt midst thy brethren of omankind, And clothe, in words of flame, Thoughts that shall live within the general munds Deem not the framing of a deathless lay The pastime of a drowdy Summer day. But gasher all thy Rowens, And wreak them on the verse that thou dost weave, And in thy lonely hours. At Silent morning or at wakeful eve While the teaton Current tingles throughthy veins, Set forth the burning workd in fluent strand. No smooth array of phrase, Upon the page with languid industry, The secret wouldst thou know Let thy lips quiverwitte the passionate thrill, Then, should thy verse appear Halting and harsh and all unaptly wrought, Touch the crude line with fear, Save in the moment of impassioned thoughts Then summon back the original glar and mend The Strain with Expture that arch fire was penned Yet let no empty gust Of passion find an utterance in thy lay: A beads that whirls the dast Along the howling Street and died away; |