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• Whither away, Bluebird, Whither away? The blast is chill, yet in the upper sky Thou still canst find the color of thy wing, The hue of May. Warbler, why speed, thy southern flight? ah, why, Thou, too, whose song first told us of the Spring? Whither away?

  Edmund Clarence Stedman

  Song, Spring, Sky

  Edmund Clarence Stedman (1891). “Poetical Works”

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• Do your heart and head keep pace? When does hoary Love expire, When do frosts put out the fire? Can its embers burn below All that chill December snow?

  Edmund Clarence Stedman

  Heart, Fire, Snow

  Edmund Clarence Stedman (1873). “The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman”, p.238

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• O fresh-lit dawn! immortal life!
  O Earth's betrothal, sweet and true!

  Edmund Clarence Stedman

  Sweet, Spring, Dawn

  Edmund Clarence Stedman (1869). “The Blameless Prince: And Other Poems”, p.164

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• But every human path leads on to God;
  He holds a myriad finer threads than gold,
  And strong as holy wishes, drawing us
  With delicate tension upward to Himself.

  Edmund Clarence Stedman

  Strong, Drawing, Wish

  Edmund Clarence Stedman (1873). “The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman”, p.45

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• Music waves eternal wands,--
  Enchantress of the souls of mortals!

  Edmund Clarence Stedman

  Music, Soul, Wave

  Edmund Clarence Stedman (1869). “The Blameless Prince: And Other Poems”, p.122

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• The critic's first labor is the task of distinguishing between men, as history and their works display them, and the ideals which one and another have conspired to urge upon his acceptance.

  Edmund Clarence Stedman

  Acceptance, Men, Tasks

  Edmund Clarence Stedman (1885). “Poets of America”

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• Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.

  Edmund Clarence Stedman

  Fashion, Art, Judging

  Edmund Clarence Stedman (1885). “Poets of America”

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