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TO SIR GODFREY KNELLER, ON HIS PAINTING FOR ME THE STATUES.., by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: What god, what genius, did the pencil move
Last Line: And strong as hercules.
Variant Title(s): On Drawings Of The Statues Of Apollo, Venus, And Hercules
Subject(s): Friendship; Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1649-1723); Kniller, Gottfried


(OF APOLLO, VENUS AND HERCULES)

What God, what Genius did the Pencil move
When KNELLER painted These?
Twas Friendship -- warm as Phoebus, kind as Love,
And strong as Hercules.






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