Too great this largess from thy hand I know Yet ask that some few drops of it may light And listened to thy voice, and in it found The very Spring and Soul of Poetry. (George Gilfillan)

Too great this largess from thy hand I know Yet ask that some few drops of it may light And listened to thy voice, and in it found The very Spring and Soul of Poetry.

George Gilfillan

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