While reading through The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, I came across a reference to this short poetic work.
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I strove with none, for none was worth my strife.
Nature I loved and, next to Nature, Art:
I warm’d both hands before the fire of life;
It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
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I loved it immediately and, after thinking on it a few minutes, decided that I would have only changed it slightly to find it perfect.
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I strove with none, my strife found aim at none.
Nature I loved and, next to Nature, Art:
I warm’d both hands before the fire of life;
It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
A Revision Of Landor, by M. Landers
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