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TO GEORGE ROMNEY, ESQ, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Romney! Expert infallibly to trace Last Line: When I was hayley's guest, and sat to thee? Subject(s): Romney, George (1734-1802) | ||||||||
(ON HIS PICTURE OF ME IN CRAYONS, DRAWN AT EARTHAM IN THE SIXTY-FIRST YEAR OF MY AGE, AND IN THE MONTHS OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1792) ROMNEY, expert infallibly to trace On chart or canvas, not the form alone And semblance, but, however faintly shown, The mind's impression too on every face, With strokes that time ought never to erase; Thou hast so pencilled mine, that though I own The subject worthless, I have never known The artist shining with superior grace. But this I mark,--that symptoms none of woe In thy incomparable work appear. Well; I am satisfied it should be so, Since, on maturer thought, the cause is clear; For in my looks what sorrow couldst thou see When I was Hayley's guest, and sat to thee? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IMPROVISATRICE; ILLUSTRATIVE OF PICTURE BY BONE ENGRAVED BY ROMNEY by DAVID MACBETH MOIR ROMNEY'S REMORSE by ALFRED TENNYSON A COMPARISON by WILLIAM COWPER A COMPARISON [ADDRESSED] TO A YOUNG LADY by WILLIAM COWPER BOADICEA; AN ODE by WILLIAM COWPER EPITAPH ON A HARE by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 18. LOVEST THOU ME? by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 49. JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING by WILLIAM COWPER |
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