For better than fortune's best
Is mastery in the using,
And sweeter than anything sweet
The art to lay it aside!


A Roadside Harp (1893)


For better than fortune's best Is mastery in the using, And sweeter than anything sweet The art to lay it aside!

For better than fortune's best Is mastery in the using, And sweeter than anything sweet The art to lay it aside!

For better than fortune's best Is mastery in the using, And sweeter than anything sweet The art to lay it aside!

For better than fortune's best Is mastery in the using, And sweeter than anything sweet The art to lay it aside!