| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | July 10 | | The Tower of Flame | | By Richard Watson Gilder (1844–1909) |
| | | | On July 10, 1893, the Cold Storage Building at the Columbian Exposition was burned. |
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HERE for the world to see men brought their fairest, | |
| Whatever of beauty is in all the earth; | |
| The priceless flower of art, the loveliest, rarest, | |
| Here by our inland ocean came to glorious birth. | |
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| Yet on this day of doom a strange new splendor | 5 |
| Shed its celestial light on all men’s eyes: | |
| Flower of the hero-soul,—consummate, tender,— | |
| That from the tower of flame sprang to the eternal skies. | | | |
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