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Poems (Dudley)/Our First Statue

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4657476Poems — Our First StatueMarion Vienna Churchill Dudley


OUR FIRST STATUE.
"MOLD thou a noble statueSculptor over the sea!Sail in the strong ship westwardBringing it home to me!"
Lifted in pride to our peopleStately and strong and still,Stands it in mute assertion,—"Grace of a woman's will."