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DEDICATED TO

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

IN RECOGNITION OF A LONG LIFE SPENT IN

THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY

AND LETTERS

Out of the conquered Past
Unravishable Beauty;

Hearts that are dew and dust
Rebuking the dream of Death;
Flower of the clay down-cast
Triumphant in earth's aroma;
Strings that were strained in rust
A-tremble with Music's breath!

Wine that was spilt in haste
Arising in fumes more precious;
Garlands that fell forgot

Rooting to wondrous bloom;
Youth that would flow to waste
Pausing in pool-green valleys-
And Passion that lasted not
Surviving the voiceless Tomb!

ARTHUR UPSON.