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Gnomic Verses
2023-12-06i Great things are done when men and mountains meet； This is not done by jostling in the street. ii To God If you have form'd a circle to go into，...
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I do not love Thee
2023-12-06I DO not love thee！—no！ I do not love thee！ And yet when thou art absent I am sad； And envy even the bright blue sky above thee， Whose quiet sta...
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Perfect Woman
2023-12-06SHE was a phantom of delight When first she gleam‘d upon my sight； A lovely apparition， sent To be a moment‘s ornament； Her eyes as stars ...
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On Art and Artists（一）
2023-12-06i Advice of the Popes who succeeded the Age of Raphael Degrade first the Arts if you'd mankind degrade， Hire idiots to paint with cold light and h...
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On Art and Artists（二）
2023-12-06ii On the great encouragement given by English nobility and gentry to Correggio， Rubens， Reynolds， Gainsborough， Catalani， Du Crow， and Dilbury Doodle...
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On Art and Artists（三）
2023-12-06iii I askèd my dear friend Orator Prig： `What's the first part of oratory？' He said： `A great wig.' `And what is the second？' T...
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On Art and Artists（四）
2023-12-06iv `O dear Mother Outline！ of wisdom most sage， What's the first part of painting？' She said： `Patronage.' `And what is the second， to ple...
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On Art and Artists（五）
2023-12-06v On the Foundation of the Royal Academy When nations grow old， the Arts grow cold， And Commerce settles on every tree； And the poor and the old can l...
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On Art and Artists（六）
2023-12-06vi These are the idiots' chiefest arts： To blend and not define the parts The swallow sings， in courts of kings， That fools have their high finish...
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On Art and Artists（七）
2023-12-06vii The cripple every step drudges and labours， And says： `Come， learn to walk of me， good neighbours.' Sir Joshua in astonishment cries out： `See...