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s counted precious, and herein_
_Is such complete abandonment of Self_
_That tears turn into rainbows, and enhance_
_The beauty of the land where all is fair._
_Awed and afraid, I cross the border-land._
_Oh, who am I, that I dare enter here_
_Where the great artists of the world have trod--_
_The genius-crowned aristocrats of Earth?_
_Only the singer of a little song;_
_Yet loving Art with such a mighty love_
_I hold it greater to have won a place_
_Just on the fair land's edge, to make my grave,_
_Than in the outer world of greed and gain_
_To sit upon a royal throne and reign._
CONTENTS
Maurine 9 Two Sunsets 122 Unrest 124 "Artist's Life" 125 Nothing but Stones 126 The Coquette 128 Inevitable 129 The Ocean of Song 130 "It Might Have Been" 132 If 132 Gethsemane 134 Dust-Sealed 135 "Advice" 136 Over the Banisters 137 Momus, God of Laughter 138 I Dream 140 The Past 141 The Sonnet 142 Secrets 142 A Dream 143 Uselessness 143 Will 144 Winter Rain 145 Applause 145 Life 146 Burdened 146 The Story 147 Let Them Go 148 The Engine 149 Nothing New 151 Dreams 152 Helena 153 Nothing Remains 155 Lean D