Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LINES TO A POET, by ETHEL W. DERBY


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First Line: With living words he plied his art
Last Line: Enchanted years from one brief hour.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Poetry & Poets


With living words he plied his art
Upon the canvas of the heart.
Each picture wrought with wondrous care,
One by one he sketched them there;
And as the paintings grew apace
What mattered to us time or space?
Gone the daily grind and rush
Beneath the magic of his brush.
A touch -- a stroke -- he caught a mood
In colors we had never viewed.
A few deft lines -- a landscape clear;
A portrait with a hidden tear.
That selfsame brush for our rapt sake
Left merry laughter in its wake.
His voice a golden frame for all,
As now they "hang on mem'ry's wall".
So made he with his artist power
Enchanted years from one brief hour.





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