Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A PAINTER, by MARGETTA FAUGERES First Line: When laura appeared, poor apelles complain'd Last Line: The charms which destroy, or the charms which repair. Subject(s): Beauty; Paintings & Painters | ||||||||
WHEN Laura appeared, poor Apelles complain'd That his sight was bedimm'd, and his optics much pain'd; So his pallet and pencil the artist resign'd, Lest the blaze of her beauty should make him quite blind. But when fair Anne enter'd, the prospect was changed, The paints and the brushes in order were ranged; The artist resumed his employment again, Forgetful of labour, and blindness, and pain; And the strokes were so lively that all were assured What the brunette had injured the fair one had cured. Let the candid decide which the chaplet should wear, The charms which destroy, or the charms which repair. | 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 A VERSION OF PART OF THE SEVENTH CHAPTER OF JOB by MARGETTA FAUGERES |
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