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On Art and Artists（八）
2023-12-06viii You say their pictures well painted be， And yet they are blockheads you all agree： Thank God！ I never was sent to school To be flogg'd into f...
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On Art and Artists（九）
2023-12-06ix When you look at a picture， you always can see If a man of sense has painted he. Then never flinch， but keep up a jaw About freedom， and `Jenny sin...
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On Art and Artists（十）
2023-12-06x The Washerwoman's Song I wash'd them out and wash'd them in， And they told me it was a great sin....
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On Art and Artists（十一）
2023-12-06xi English Encouragement of Art： Cromek's opinions put into rhyme If you mean to please everybody you will Set to work both ignorance and skill. F...
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On Art and Artists（十二）
2023-12-06xii When I see a Rubens， Rembrandt， Correggio， I think of the crippled Harry and slobbering Joe； And then I question thus： Are artists' rules To b...
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Return
2023-12-06Absent from thee， I languish still； Then ask me not， When I return？ The straying fool ‘twill plainly kill To wish all day， all night to mourn. D...
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Renouncement
2023-12-06I MUST not think of thee； and， tired yet strong， I shun the thought that lurks in all delight— The thought of thee—and in the blue heaven&...
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My Delight and Thy Delight
2023-12-06MY delight and thy delight Walking， like two angels white， In the gardens of the night： My desire and thy desire Twining to a tongue of fire， Leaping ...
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Love is enough
2023-12-06LOVE is enough： though the World be a-waning， And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining， Though the sky be too dark for dim eyes to dis...
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The Indian Serenade
2023-12-06I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night， When the winds are breathing low， And the stars are shining bright. I arise from dreams...