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THE PICTURE by THOMAS STANLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOU THAT BOTH FEEL'ST AND DOST ADMIRE
Last Line: OF NATURE THIS IS; THAT OF ART.
Subject(s): PORTRAITS;
THOU that both feel'st and dost admire
The flames shot from a painted fire,
Know Celia's image thou dost see:
Not to herself more like is she.
He that should both together view
Would judge both pictures, or both true.
But thus they differ: the best part
Of Nature this is; that of Art.



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