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V.ON READING HAYDON'S AUTOBIOGRAHY.
The coarse-voiced peacock spreads his starry tail,
And wheels about that all the world may see,
Of all God's creatures, I am first, quoth he,
Meanwhile the part that nature meant to vail
Winks curiously beneath that radiant sail.
Vanity must have her eclat, show
Of clapping hands, boast of grand aims,—and so
The blessed functions of the artist fail.
And wheels about that all the world may see,
Of all God's creatures, I am first, quoth he,
Meanwhile the part that nature meant to vail
Winks curiously beneath that radiant sail.
Vanity must have her eclat, show
Of clapping hands, boast of grand aims,—and so
The blessed functions of the artist fail.
Not thus the greatly gifted use their wealth!
The good man gives nor usurous interest claims;
The poet craved fit audience only; health
Works without boasting; Shakspere turned again
To the sunset in Stratford:—here, in flames,
The begging Art-apostle dies insane!
The good man gives nor usurous interest claims;
The poet craved fit audience only; health
Works without boasting; Shakspere turned again
To the sunset in Stratford:—here, in flames,
The begging Art-apostle dies insane!
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