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THE STUDIO.
Float on, thou stately pageant, proud and fair,
Float on, in choral beauty, joyous Hours;
While to your God the immortal steeds ye bear
With festal step and song, and votive wreaths of flowers!
Float on, in choral beauty, joyous Hours;
While to your God the immortal steeds ye bear
With festal step and song, and votive wreaths of flowers!
Revealed in marble, all the wondrous past,
Shines here in mythic beauty and no more,
To work-day toil and sordid care bound fast—
We dream (fond idle dreams!) beside the Elysian shore.
Shines here in mythic beauty and no more,
To work-day toil and sordid care bound fast—
We dream (fond idle dreams!) beside the Elysian shore.
Beauty and courage, ardour tamed by grace,
Strength ruled by sweetness; fiercest energies
Divinely curbed, yet guided on their race,—
These are not dreams, they emblem great realities!
Strength ruled by sweetness; fiercest energies
Divinely curbed, yet guided on their race,—
These are not dreams, they emblem great realities!
