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At the Exhibition
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XXVI
At the Exhibition
Oh, were I only a farmer
And brought my produce to sell
With the rest in open market,
Methinks I should like it well!
And brought my produce to sell
With the rest in open market,
Methinks I should like it well!
For the eye & the thumb are critics
In such things, nor need to doubt;
If there's rot in potato or cabbage,
A cookmaid can find it out.
In such things, nor need to doubt;
If there's rot in potato or cabbage,
A cookmaid can find it out.
But here not a dolt surmises
The science behind the eye
But fancies the art of seeing
Thrown-in with the money to buy.
The science behind the eye
But fancies the art of seeing
Thrown-in with the money to buy.
He who paid for the Venus of Melos,
Did he buy all the artist saw?
The temptation, the selfdenial,
That revealed at last the Law?
Did he buy all the artist saw?
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That revealed at last the Law?
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