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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONNET. ON THE PICTURE OF CAVALIER GUARINI PAINTED BY BORGIANNI, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography First Line: You, who to fam'd guarini, now he's dead Last Line: Borgianni's painting, or guarini's books. Subject(s): Guarini, Giovanni Battista (1538-1612); Paintings & Painters; Writing & Writers | |||
You, who to fam'd Guarini, now he's dead, Your verses consecrate, and statues rear, For that sweet Padan swan your tears have shed, Sweetest that ever did, or will sing here. Behold this picture on his fun'ral pile, Your mournful spirits 'twill with joy revive, Tho' th' artist cheats your senses all the while, For 'tis but paint which you would swear does live. This serves to keep our friend in memory, Since Death hath robb'd us of his better part, And that he so might live as ne'er to die, He drew himself too, but with diff'rent art. Judge, which with greatest life and spirit looks, Borgianni's Painting, or Guarini's Books. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CELL, SELECTION by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 126: THE DOUBTING MAN by LYN HEJINIAN WAKING THE MORNING DREAMLESS AFTER LONG SLEEP by JANE HIRSHFIELD COMPULSIVE QUALIFICATIONS by RICHARD HOWARD DEUTSCH DURCH FREUD by RANDALL JARRELL LET THEM ALONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON A FAIR BEGGAR by PHILIP AYRES |
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