| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1607. Nature: the Artist |
| | | By Frederic Lawrence Knowles |
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| SUCH hints as untaught Nature yields! | |
| The calm disorder of the sea, | |
| The straggling splendor of the fields, | |
| The wind’s gay incivility. | |
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| O workman with your conscious plan, | 5 |
| Compass and square are little worth; | |
| Copy (nay, only poets can) | |
| The artless masonry of earth. | |
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| Go watch the windy spring’s carouse, | |
| And mark the winter wonders grow,— | 10 |
| The graceful gracelessness of boughs, | |
| The careless carpentry of snow! | |
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