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Blackberries
by William Allingham
Allingham, William (1824-1889)
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[Faith points to viewless wonders all inherit]
[Doth Music tickle ear, and that's the whole?]
[Out of this hard and thin life]
[How should Oratory give]
[With pen and with pencil we're learning to say]
[Painters, Composers, can make use no doubt]
[How rotten the Art is that works for display!]
[Artist, your business is with surface: true.]
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[How clever soever your Book may be]
How
clever soever your Book may be,
No throb of life therein I see;
The thing is but a costly toy,
Instead of a wonder, a power, a joy,
A gift out of eternity.
Blackberries