Poems (Greenwell)/Life Tapestry

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LIFE TAPESTRY. 
Too long have I, methought, with tearful eye  Pored o'er this tangled work of mine, and mused  Above each stitch awry, and thread confused; Now will I think on what in years gone by I heard of them that weave rare tapestry At Royal looms, and how they constant use To work on the rough side, and still peruse The pictured pattern set above them high; So will I set MY COPY high above,  And gaze and gaze till on my spirit grows Its gracious impress; till some line of love  Transferred upon my canvas, faintly glows; Nor look too much on warp or woof, provide He whom I work for sees their fairer side!
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