William Story
William Story
William Wetmore Storywas an American sculptor, art critic, poet, and editor...
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth12 February 1819
life love ugly
Ah! how ugly Life can beAfter Love from it is lopped!
far hate speak state supreme word
Do I hate you? No! Not hate? Hate's a word far too intense, Too alive, to speak a state Of supreme indifference.
fear
Ah, yes! Success, I fear, has come too late!
acting bravely broken desperate hymn low silent
The hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in heart,Who strove and who failed, acting bravely a silent and desperate part.
acting bravely broken desperate hymn low silent
The hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in heart, Who strove and who failed, acting bravely a silent and desperate part.
ardent dreams fooled glorious longings mirage sweet
Give me the old enthusiasms back, Give me the ardent longings that I lack, -- The glorious dreams that fooled me in my youth, The sweet mirage that lured me on its track. . . .
ardent dreams fooled glorious longings mirage sweet
Give me the old enthusiasms back,Give me the ardent longings that I lack, --The glorious dreams that fooled me in my youth,The sweet mirage that lured me on its track. . . .
lost
We live as much in all that we have lost As what we own.
eager fond full gently push spoil warm
When, full of warm and eager love, I clasp you in my fond embrace, You gently push me back and say, "Take care, my dear, you'll spoil my lace.
eager fond full gently push spoil warm
When, full of warm and eager love,I clasp you in my fond embrace,You gently push me back and say,"Take care, my dear, you'll spoil my lace.
cold constantly keeps passed rain sky summer trees wind
The rain keeps constantly raining, And the sky is cold and gray, And the wind in the trees keeps complaining That summer has passed away; --
cold complaints-and-complaining constantly keeps passed rain sky summer trees wind
The rain keeps constantly raining,And the sky is cold and gray,And the wind in the trees keeps complainingThat summer has passed away; --
grand honest large looks petty scale
What looks like swindling with a petty sum, Is on a grand and speculative scale Honest enough, so it be large enough.
grand large looks petty
What looks like swindling with a petty sum,Is on a grand and speculative scaleHonest enough, so it be large enough.