"Fame"

Fame

When one has climbed the pathway steep

      That leadeth up to Fame,

And found upon her shining scroll

      His own unworthy name.

Does he e’er remember what it cost

      To reach so high a place?

Or does success to perfect-sweet

      Those bitter days efface?

"Fame" printed in The Seattle Times on February 6, 1901, in Higginson's own literary column titled "Clover Leaves." Clipping courtesy of the Ella Higginson Papers, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Heritage Resources, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA.