Arts & Sciences
Reserve
From An American Anthology, 1787-1900, ed. E. C. Stedman (1900)
Arts & Sciences
Keep back the one word more,
Nor give of your whole store;
For, it may be, in Art's sole hour of need,
Lacking that word, you shall be poor indeed.
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Reese, Lizette Woodworth. “Reserve.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/reese/17/.
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Reese, Lizette Woodworth. “Reserve.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/reese/17/.
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