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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The sinful painter drapes his goddess warm
Last Line: Beauty, which limbs and flesh enough invest.
Subject(s): Paintings & Painters; Sculpture & Sculptors
First Line: The sinful painter drapes his goddess warm
Last Line: Beauty, which limbs and flesh enough invest.
Subject(s): Paintings & Painters; Sculpture & Sculptors
The sinful painter drapes his goddess warm,
Because she still is naked, being dressed:
The godlike sculptor will not so deform
Beauty, which limbs and flesh enough invest.
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