Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By John AylmerDorgan648 The Beautiful
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The poet followed long;
With passionate purpose the shy shadow wooing,
And soul-betraying song.
To him seemed poured in vain,
And all in vain, forever and forever,
The sorrow of his strain.
The world, grown dark and dull,
Bewailed the radiance with him departed
Who was the Beautiful.