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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ART-OWNERSHIP, by WARREN HOLDEN
First Line: Creations of high art adorn the land
Last Line: Art-ownership is vested in the mind.
Subject(s): Art & Artists
First Line: Creations of high art adorn the land
Last Line: Art-ownership is vested in the mind.
Subject(s): Art & Artists
CREATIONS of High Art adorn the land:
Her handmaid, heaven-born genius, finding joy
In self-appointed tasks the days employ.
All thanks to Patronage with open hand.
If artist seem to work at its command,
Becomes art-treasure thence its private toy,
To hide at pleasure or through whim destroy,
While cultivated taste may longing stand?
Exclusiveness is kin to miser's lust.
The true custodian, with princely grace,
Displays his gems of art to all mankind.
A faithful steward, he but holds in trust,
For common use, the heirlooms of the race.
Art-ownership is vested in the mind.
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