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THE TOWER OF FLAME
(THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, JULY 10, 1893)
Here for the world to see men brought their fairest,Whatever of beauty is in all the earth;
The priceless flower of art, the loveliest, rarest,
Here by our inland ocean came to glorious birth.
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Shed its celestial light on all men's eyes:
Flower of the hero-soul,—consummate, tender,—
That from the tower of flame sprang to the eternal skies.
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