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ON A SCULPTOR WHO DIED YOUNG; J. MILO GRIFFITH by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907)

First Line: ART SMILED ON HIM, BUT ONE UNCHANGING FROWN
Last Line: NAY! FOR HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP!
Subject(s): DEATH; SCULPTURE & SCULPTORS; DEAD, THE;

ART smiled on him, but one unchanging frown
For all his days would churlish Fortune keep;
Too soon we deemed he laid life's burden down.
Nay! for He giveth His beloved sleep!



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