Arts & Sciences
Life and Art
From New York Nocturnes and Other Poems (1898)
Arts & Sciences
Said Life to Art--“I love thee best
Not when I find in thee
My very face and form, expressed
With dull fidelity,
“But when in thee my craving eyes
Behold continually
The mystery of my memories
And all I long to be.”
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MLA
Roberts, Charles G. D. “Life and Art.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/roberts_cgd/143/.
Chicago
Roberts, Charles G. D. “Life and Art.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/roberts_cgd/143/.
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