Too great this largess from thy hand I know Yet ask that so… - George Gilfillan

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Too great this largess from thy hand I know
Yet ask that some few drops of it may light
And listened to thy voice, and in it found
The very Spring and Soul of Poetry

George Gilfillan

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George Gilfillan (30 January 1813 – 13 August 1878) was a Scottish author and poet. He was one of the spasmodic poets, and an editor and commentator, with memoirs, critical dissertations in many editions of earlier British poetry.

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