John Greenleaf Whittier - Response

John Greenleaf Whittier - Response

Beside that milestone where the level sun, br Nigh unto setting, sheds his last, low rays br On word and work irrevocably done, br Life's blending threads of good and ill outspun, br I hear, O friends! your words of cheer and praise, br Half doubtful if myself or otherwise. br Like him who, in the old Arabian joke, br A beggar slept and crowned Caliph woke. br Thanks not the less. With not unglad surprise br I see my life-work through your partial eyes; br Assured, in giving to my home-taught songs br A higher value than of right belongs, br You do but read between the written lines br The finer grace of unfulfilled designs.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-10

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