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A BIT OF MARBLE by CLINTON SCOLLARD

First Line: THIS BIT OF POLISHED MARBLE - THIS
Last Line: OF LOFTY THOUGHT!
Subject(s): ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS; ELGIN MARBLES; SCULPTURE & SCULPTORS;
THIS bit of polished marble, this,
Was found where Athens proudly rears
Its temple-crowned Acropolis
So hoar with years.

In antique time some sculptor's hand,
Deft-turning, carved it fine and small,
A part of base or column grand,
Or capital.

Regarding it, I mind me so
A song should be, with ardor wrought, --
Cut in the firm Pentelic snow
Of lofty thought!



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