POEMS
GEORGE W. CRONYN
NEW YORK
ALBERT AND CHARLES BONI
96 FIFTH AVENUE
1914
Copyright, 1914
By
Albert and Charles Boni
To touch the sleeping lids of Beauty
Drawing thru finger-tips her dream—a birth
Of hell and heaven for a nobler earth;
This is the poet’s duty.
To sleep with stars, to dream a flower,
From passing shadows pluck profound relation,
With a divine wonder at its emanation;
This is the poet’s power.