Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1919 — INSPIRATION. [ARTICLE]

INSPIRATION.

If with light head erect I sing, Though all the Musss lend their force, From my poor love of anything. The verse is weak and shallow as Jts source; But’ if with trended neck I grope , Listening behind me for my wit, With faith superior to hope. More anxious to keep back than forward ItMaking my soul accomplice there -—Unto the flame my heart hath lit, Then Will the verse forever wear— Time cannot bend the line which God I hearing get. Who had but ears, — . And s'.fihh who had but eyes -before: I moments h-.e wfip hved but years. ' And trutb. discem Ing's lore. Now chiefly Is my natal hour. And only now my prime of life; Of manhood’s strength It is the flower. ’Tls peace’s end, and war’s beginning strife. It comes in summer's broadest noon. By a gray wall, or some chance place. Unseasoning time. Insulting June. - -And—with“-tts presuming face. I will not doubt the love untold Which not my worth .or w ant hath brought. Which wooed me young, and woes me old, And _Ao.Ahls.e¥.enlng.lia.th;mebrought.