Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SIR GODFREY KNELLER, ON HIS PAINTING FOR ME THE STATUES.., by ALEXANDER POPE 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH ON SIR GODFREY KNELLER IN WESTMINSTER-ABBY 1723 by ALEXANDER POPE VERSES UNDER A PORTRAIT OF THOMAS BRITTON, A COAL MERCHANT by MATTHEW PRIOR A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE A HYMN WRITTEN IN WINDSOR FOREST by ALEXANDER POPE AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM by ALEXANDER POPE AN ESSAY ON MAN by ALEXANDER POPE COWLEY: THE GARDEN by ALEXANDER POPE ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY by ALEXANDER POPE ELOISA TO ABELARD by ALEXANDER POPE EPIGRAM ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG by ALEXANDER POPE |
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