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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INHERITANCE, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography
First Line: There lived a man who raised his
Last Line: Two men had died.
Subject(s): Inheritance And Succession
First Line: There lived a man who raised his
Last Line: Two men had died.
Subject(s): Inheritance And Succession
THERE lived a man who raised his hand and said,
"I will be great!"
And through a long, long life he bravely knocked
At Fame's closed gate.
A son he left who, like his sire, strove
High place to win;—
Worn out, he died and, dying, left no trace
That he had been.
He also left a son, who, without care
Or planning how,
Bore the fair letters of a deathless fame
Upon his brow.
"Behold a genius, filled with fire divine!"
The people cried;
Not knowing that to make him what he was
Two men had died.
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