Poem March 7, 1953 Issue

SINCERE

Benjamin Sturgis Pray

When early Romans traded marble art,
Deceitful dealers deftly glossed the cracks
With smooth wax-filling, but from honest mart
Came sculpture sine cera—"without wax";

Came statuary candid in its graces,
All of one origin, unmixed and clear;
Came clue whereby the skill of scholar traces
An ancestry and aptness for sincere.

Benjamin Sturgis Pray

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