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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Lilla CabotPerry

1428 Art

WOULDST know the artist? Then go seek

Him in his labors. Though he strive

That Nature’s voice alone should speak

From page or canvas to the heart,

Yet is it passionately alive

With his own soul! Of him ’t is part!—

This happy failure, this is Art.