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EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN So, following the Gleam from early youth,

He lent a strengthening hand, and gave his heart,

And aided feet, less sure than his, to climb:

He sacrificed not others to his art,

But worshiped beauty with unselfish truth,

And lives, the well-beloved of his time! 9