Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-01-31
Written sor tie Avant Courier,
THE SCULPTOR AND THE MARBLE,
n Will g. FRAcKELrox.

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In the marble quarrtss all day long
Toilsd the cutters brave and strong,
And when evening shadows had gently come,
1 Yet their work was bot fully done.
/. Another day with its golden tints,
Had burned to ashes, in evening CLINT;
When from its bed. 30 pure and white e
= La, amarble block, IN The gray twilight
"A sculptor young non the city camc.
Seeking sos somtthing to give him fame,
So whtn he Saw the block 80 pure,
He rith sasse and jay OF tho srize made ssre
II carra. asld be, from this msrbie white
I a statue nkav which will glad the sIxtt
OF all who CONS, from near and far
To view the work vhish I've wrought here y
50 brately - tA.lsd from day 10. day.
Sometimes weary and sad, and sometimes guy
Whilst = nong to his lips would spring.
Or q tear d.wn his check would ran.
But autumn CAME with its chilly blast,
Ger the earth its golden garment cast,
And the rpencd fruit, from the grand old trees
Fell thick to the ground with every breeze.
And Winter too with his hoary locks,
Had covered the earth With snowy frock;
But stilLtoiied oItle workman true.
With his chosen model IN iancy's view,
Click. goes chisei and mallet again,
Whilst FORTH from the sides Of the marble came
Chips OF all sizes. and shapes SO queer,
That you wonder hsw ever they, attcd in there
At last stroke of the chisel was made,
A seam sf sand to his eye appeared,
The block is spoiled, because OF this flaw,
His model cannot be carved ffon it SO.
Yet on he toilsd night aud day 1T his task,
Never moment at his work did he nag;'
But keeping in aind the great end in view.
Did with his might what his hand found to do
& heavier stroks Of his ohisel keen
Msrred the face Of his beauti fnl theme;
Thus again was spoiled his marble block.
And he seemed no nearer the goal he songh..
fst nothing daunted, again he tries,
With another model be fore his eyes:
Not 50 grand, MS the first he began,
Is now this last new chosen one
Yet, with nerve both trne and firm.
lie does his work all over again, e
And when Completed The last plan m-de
ls nothing ~ that, at frst essayed.
He locks ut his work wkica 20 much has cost,
Aad feels that his time has all been lost,
Sitting him down, he his fate bcwails,
And writes 'sainst hin.slf the sentence.
''thou' st failed, VI. \
But this sculptor is like both you and nee,
Who picture the men which we will be
And they Sail II, the stations Of eihers TO I'LL
The marble block is character unhewn,
Which each hopes to perfect, and that very
soon;
But like the marble block that the sculptor had,
There are too many spots covered up that bad
So when they are laid open to sight, i.
By the troubles and trial. of life.
He feel that We failures ut best;
And they are the men, who tor SELF live the least
That IN the world, the marking that tells,
h the heart which gives the true sounding call
Which maketh men better Aad trler by far,
ThaA thsy would be ii thou,d nerer lived.
Then be true to thysslf. yet live not alone
Within thine own soul shut up, like to drone,
But live .forsthe werld, for God and mankind,
And to the sorrows Of others never be- blind.
So the character which thou wilt leave,
Wiitto the wsrid nenume.t be,
lore bsa,itifiI, lasting aud grand
Than the finest marble hewn one.
Sc when thou art wrapped in the shroud,
And meath the clods of the valley artlxiG, -
Many, yea many, with ssd steps Will come.
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