679. Envoy by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

679. Envoy

By Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt


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,	5
In tender quiet with a few,
And keep my fame upon my heart,
A little blush-rose wet with dew.