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ARDOR by GAMALIEL BRADFORD

First Line: OTHERS MAKE VERSES OF GRACE
Last Line: AND BURN WITH THE ARDOR OF LIVING.
Subject(s): SINGING & SINGERS; SONGS;

Others make verses of grace.
Mine are all muscle and sinew.
Others can picture your face.
But I all the tumult within you.

Others can give you delight,
And delight I confess is worth giving.
But my songs must tickle and bite
And burn with the ardor of living.



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