THE LAW OF LIFE.
[To Mr. Charles H. Ham, author of “Manual Training”.]
“LABOR the law of life,” that is your creed;
Once it was true that art meant only grace,
“A pretty flower this is,” “a glorious face,”
Men said, and so interpreting, did heed
No higher call than came from shepherd’s reed:
The brawny arm was for the warrior’s mace,