1428. Art by Lilla Cabot Perry. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1428. Art

By Lilla Cabot Perry


WOULDST know the artist? Then go seek
Him in his labors. Though he strive
That Nature’s voice alone should speak
From page or canvas to the heart,
Yet is it passionately alive	5
With his own soul! Of him ’t is part!—
This happy failure, this is Art.