<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=554654" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Guido Sebaldi</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Guido Sebaldi the mason<br>Worked at a house of stone:<br>Guido Sebaldi the mason<br>Sand at his work alone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Till a stranger, he said unto him<br>As he hammer'd the stone one day'<br>'Guido Sebaldi the mason,<br>Hark to the words I say!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Leave thou this work, fit only<br>For oxen that draw the plough:<br>No longer Sebaldi the mason,<br>Guido the sculptor thou!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then Guido Sebaldi the mason<br>Look'd on his work in shame.<br>And 'Lo,' he said, 'I am lusty,<br>I will build me a noble name.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Guido Sebaldi the sculptor<br>Toil'd till his heart grew sore.<br>Guido Sebaldi the sculptor<br>Sang at his work no more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Vainly Sebaldi the mason<br>Hammer'd the senseless stone.<br>Vainly Sebaldi the mason<br>Sigh'd at his work alone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His hands were ready and skillful,<br>And his days with toil were rife,<br>But the soul of the master was needed<br>To waken the stone to life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sadly Sebaldi the mason<br>Went back to the house of stone;<br>And his brow once more grew cheery<br>As he sat at his work alone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But yet he was always thinking<br>Of hopes that were long since o'er;<br>And Guido Sebaldi the mason<br>Sang at his work no more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Cicely+Fox+Smith">Cicely Fox Smith</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=554654" data-title="Guido Sebaldi de Cicely Fox Smith" data-description="Guido Sebaldi the mason Worked at a house of stone: Guido Sebaldi the mason Sand at his work alone. Till a stranger, he said unto him As he hammer'd the stone one day' 'Guido Sebaldi the mason, Hark to the words I say!' 'Leave thou this work, fi..."></div> </div> </div>

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