Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912.

Richard Watson Gilder 1844–1909

Richard Watson Gilder

220 Ah, Be Not False

AH, be not false, sweet Splendor!

Be true, be good;

Be wise as thou art tender;

Be all that Beauty should.

Not lightly be thy citadel subdued;

Not ignobly, not untimely.

Take praise in solemn mood;

Take love sublimely.