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First Line: Yet art hath less of instinct than of thought
Last Line: Till beams, with deathless love, the chiseled face.
Alternate Author Name(s): Corn-law Rhymer; Elliot, Ebenezer
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Beauty; Critics & Criticism


Yet art hath less of instinct than of thought,
All instinct though it seems; for as the flower
Which blooms in solitude, by noiseless power,
And skill divine, is wonderfully wrought,
So from deep study art's high charm is caught;
And as the sunny air, and dewy light,
Are spun in heavenly looms, till blossoms, bright
With honeyed wealth and sweetness, droop o'er-fraught,
And our eyes breathe of beauty; so the bard
Wrings from slow time inimitable grace;
So wins immortal music her reward,
E'en with a bee's industry; and we trace
The sculptor's home-thoughts through his labors hard,
Till beams, with deathless love, the chiseled face.





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