The following lines on “Inspiration” were penned by Bishop Doane, of
Albany, N. Y.:
Chisel in hand stood a sculptor boy,
With his marble block before him;
And his face lit up with a smile of joy
As an angel dream passed o’er him.
He carved that dream on the yielding stone
With many a sharp incision;
In heaven’s own light the sculptor shone,
He had caught that angel vision.
Sculptors of life are we, as we stand,
With our lives uncarved before us;
Waiting the hour when, at God’s command,
Our life dream passes o’er us.
Let us carve it then on the yielding stone,
With many a sharp incision;
Its heavenly beauty shall be our own--
Our lives, that angel vision.
(1636)
=Inspiration from Things Done=--See ABILITY, GAGE OF.