Envoy

by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt English

Sweet world, if you will hear me now:   I may not own a sounding Lyre And wear my name upon my brow   Like some great jewel quick with fire. But let me, singing, sit apart,   In tender quiet with a few, And keep my fame upon my heart,   A little blush-rose wet with dew.

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