Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PARABLE, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON


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First Line: One had the marble ready to his hand
Last Line: "behold! I did my best; whose then the blame?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


ONE had the marble ready to his hand,
And cunning instruments to cut and shape,
And made a form of beauty and command.

And one toiled wearily, long day by day,
With nothing for his tools but naked hands,
And nothing for his work but common clay.

And all men bowed before the marble form,
And hailed him master who had done this thing;
And at the clay they mocked with jest and scorn.

And one walked proudly, crowned with men's acclaim;
And one sat sullen, muttering in his beard,
"Behold! I did my best; whose then the blame?"





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