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Jay Olson

Life Sculpture

  •  Chisel in hand stood a sculptor boy
    With his marble block before him,
    And his eyes lit up with a smile of joy,
    As an angel-dream passed o'er him.

    He carved the dream on that shapeless stone,
    With many a sharp incision;
    With heaven's own light the sculpture shone, --
    He'd caught that andgel-vision.

    Children of life are we, as we stand
    With our lives uncarved before us,
    Waiting the hour when, at God's command,
    Our life-dream shall pass o'er us.

    If we carve it then on the yielding stone,
    With many a sharp incision,
    Its heavenly beauty shall be our own, --
    Our lives, that angel-vision. ~George Washington Doane

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