Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON THE CURTAIN OF LUCASTA'S PICTURE IT WAS THUS WROUGHT, by RICHARD LOVELACE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh stay that covetous hand, first turn all eye Last Line: Is but its shadow, as this its;---now draw. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Paintings & Painters | ||||||||
OH stay that covetous hand; first turn all eye, All depth and mind; then mystically spy Her soul's fair picture, her fair soul's, in all So truly copi'd from th' original, That you will swear her body by this law Is but its shadow, as this its;---now draw. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1801: AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE ENVOY TO CONSTANTINOPLE by RICHARD HOWARD VENETIAN INTERIOR, 1889 by RICHARD HOWARD THERE IS A GOLD LIGHT IN CERTAIN OLD PAINTINGS by DONALD JUSTICE DUTCH INTERIORS by JANE KENYON INVITATION TO A PAINTER: 3 by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE CHINA PAINTERS by TED KOOSER ELEGY FOR SOL LEWITT by ANN LAUTERBACH ON THE SEPARATION OF ADAM AND EVE by TIMOTHY LIU GRATIANA DANCING AND SINGING by RICHARD LOVELACE LA BELLA BONA ROBA by RICHARD LOVELACE THE GRASSHOPPER; TO MY NOBLE FRIEND MR. CHARLES COTTON by RICHARD LOVELACE |
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