Artist and Man

ARTIST

AND MAN

poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Make thy life better than thy work,

Too oft

arti sts s

dt en

r hei

in skill

rounding soft

urves upon the Fair c ir s tat ue s, w

Our p

hi

le ug h o r the

And ragged

edges of the unhewn stuff

their own nat In u eye of critic res s e ta an Th d t rtle and offend he heart of friend.

If in thy too brief

day thou must neglect

Thy la bo u r or t

hy li f

e,

t etec

le

d en m t

Flaws in

thy work;

while their most searching

gaze

Can fall on nothing which they may not praise In thy well-chiselled character.

The Man Should not be shadowed by the Artisan!