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Poems
James Rhoades
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Heed not ; pay no vain recital.
Tithes of pity, praise, or tears — Glorious in their unrequital.
Richer for the world's arrears I Digitized by CjOOQIC 8o ^ FAILURE.
Though your fame wax old before ye, Though Love's leaf with frost be curl'd, Justice bares for these her glory, VeiFd but from the vulgar world ; Where they strawed, who reap but stubble, Silent and unseen She stands, With a look that makes more noble Than the kiss of sceptred hands ; And a crown She weaves for ever — Bloodless thor
...n and sweeten'd rue — For each noble lost endeavour Of the souls that died to do.
Digitized by CjOOQIC PYGMALION'S STATUE.
O that stoiy of the statae !
Statae shaped with art so rare That your sculptor, gazing at joa, Loved, in spite of the despair, Till sweet Art took Nature's breath, Lent you life, and gave you death !
While he sighed " Ah ! fond beginner.
If indeed your hands wrought well.
Beauty should catch life within her — Bird-like break its ivory shell " — One more touch — ^her breast behold !


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