From the dreams that nearly came true.
From his struggle to rise above earth
On the pinions that would not fly;
From his sorrows; oh, seek for some worth
To remember the workman by.
If in vain; if time sweeps all away,
And no laurel from that dust springs;
’Tis enough that a loyal heart say,
“He tried to make beautiful things.”(Text.)
—Eden Phillpotts, The Pall Mall Magazine (London).