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Show TO AXY DESPOXOIXG (.KM I . I1Y ALICE CAKV. Titko this for granted, once (or all, There i neither chtiDc nor fa to. Ami to Fit and wait for Uic sky lu fall, li to wait as the foxtlish wait. - Tho laurel, longed for, you must earn It is not of the Uimys men lonu, Anl though the lesson be bard to learn, Tho sooQcr the belter, my friend. That another's liend can have j our crown is a judgment all untrue. . And to ding this man or the other down, AViJI not in tho least raUa you. For iu spite .of jour demur, or mine, Tho gudi will still bo tbo gods, . And the spark of genius will outshine The touchwood, by nil odds! Be rart'Ail, careful work to do, Though at co;i of heart, or head T prunes even of tho Review AVill hardly stand in ste d. No light that through theager sbiuc To worthless work belongs Men dig in thoughts as thodig in mines, For the jewels of their songs. A frcico painter in ceiling wrought, "With eyelids strained. Its saiu, Till he could rend of the fame bo bought, AVith the pages above his head. Hold not the world in debt to you When it I'redits you day by day. Tor tho Ught ind air, for the ro;; and dew, And all that cheers your way. And you, in turn, a nn honest man, Are bound, you will untlcrtaud, To give back cither the b.--;t you can, Or to die, and be out of hand. |
