| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| The Master’s Touch |
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| IN the still air the music lies unheard; | |
| In the rough marble beauty hides unseen; | |
| To wake the music and the beauty needs | |
| The master’s touch, the sculptor’s chisel keen. | |
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| Great Master, touch us with thy skilful hand, | 5 |
| Let not the music that is in us die; | |
| Great Sculptor, hew and polish us; nor let, | |
| Hidden and lost, thy form within us lie. | |
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| Spare not the stroke; do with us as thou wilt; | |
| Let there be nought unfinish’d, broken, marr’d; | 10 |
| Complete thy purpose, that we may become | |
| vThy perfect image, O our God and Lord. | |
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