John Clare: The Midsummer Cushion Edited by R. K. R. Thornton & Anne Tibble |
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ON SEEING THE BUST OF THE PRINCESS VICTORIA BY BEHNES |
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ON SEEING THE BUST OF THE PRINCESS VICTORIA BY BEHNES
Sweet opening vision of a royal lineHow many hopes & anxious thoughts arise
That time must in her mysterys define
How many pleasing fancies fill our eyes
While musing thus & gazing upon thine
That open look the artist sweetly caught
Turned upward as to view the beaming sky
In all that rich young vacancy of thought
That makes man envy early infancy
Sweetly concieved & exquisitly wrought
The statue even childhoods joy imparts
& sculptures genius makes a proud display
Life almost from the chilly marble starts
& beauty breaths reality in clay
| John Clare: The Midsummer Cushion | |