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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VERSES UNDER A PORTRAIT OF THOMAS BRITTON, A COAL MERCHANT, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poet's Biography
First Line: Though doomed to small-coal, yet to arts applied
Last Line: Had kneller painted, and had vertue graved.
Variant Title(s): Lines
Subject(s): Britton, Thomas (1644-1714); Coal Mines & Miners; Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1649-1723); Music & Musicians; Vertue, George (1684-1756); Kniller, Gottfried
First Line: Though doomed to small-coal, yet to arts applied
Last Line: Had kneller painted, and had vertue graved.
Variant Title(s): Lines
Subject(s): Britton, Thomas (1644-1714); Coal Mines & Miners; Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1649-1723); Music & Musicians; Vertue, George (1684-1756); Kniller, Gottfried
Though doomed to small coal, yet to arts applied,
Rich without wealth, and famous without pride;
Music's best patron, judge of books and men,
Beloved and honoured by Apollo's train,
In Greece or Rome sure never did appear
So bright a genius, in so dark a sphere:
More of the man had artfully been saved,
Had Kneller painted, and had Vertue graved.
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