The early times that Norman Rockwell lived

Enjoyed the works of many talented artists

Rockwell’s arrival on the scene

Was marked by a new vision

That would have profound effects

On illustrations and paintings

And the American society  

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He was able to explore his feelings

Tapping into the broad range

Of feelings of the public that admired his work

For he readily displayed an incredible eye

For details as he illustrated and painted  

With utmost dexterity

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Rockwell reinforced the American spirit

In letting us believe more deeply in ourselves

He adored our dreams capturing them

In his rather popular works

Portraying us as hardworking, decent

And a people willing to reach out to others

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Myths about us that lived in this promised land

Were promulgated in an environment marked 

With horse drawn cabs and the literature

Of Edith Wharton and O. Henry

This was when Charles and Albert Boni 

Showed Harry Sherman their dummy

Of their little library book, Romeo and Juliet

And the establishment of the publishing houses

Simon & Schuster and Random House

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This era marked the coming of the telephone 

The development of the phonograph, radio

Experimental TV, the growth of color comics

The vacuum cleaner, automobile, and the aircraft

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In 1916, Rockwell began working

At The Saturday Evening Post – the year that Woodrow

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Wilson was again elected president

Of the United States when women

Still wore bathing suits that covered

The full length of their bodies

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