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THE ONE ARTIST by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: A WINDOW-PANE; BARE BOUGHS AGAINST THE SKY
Last Line: OF ANY BOUGH THROUGH ANY WINDOW-PANE.
Subject(s): NATURE;

A window-pane; bare boughs against the sky:
How boldly intricate the branches lie!
What prodigies of fancy! what a wealth
Of poet color and of sculptured health!
Ah, Phidias, ah, Raphael, Angelo,
And all the other artist-gods we know,
Poor is your best beside that lifted fane
Of any bough through any window-pane.



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