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1850–1919

IN AN OLD ART GALLERY

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Before the statue of a giant Hun, There stood a dwarf, misshapen and uncouth. His lifted eyes seemed asking:‘ Why, in sooth, Was I not fashioned like this mighty one?

Would God show favour to an older son Like earthly kings, and beggar without ruth Another, who sinned only by his youth? Why should two lives in such divergence run?’

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IN AN OLD ART GALLERY · Ella Wheeler Wilcox · Poetry Cove