The Poetical Works of Laman Blanchard With a Memoir by Blanchard Jerrold |
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ON THE DESTRUCTION OF SIR JOHN SOANE'S PORTRAIT BELONGING TO THE LITERARY FUND SOCIETY.
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ON THE DESTRUCTION OF SIR JOHN SOANE'S PORTRAIT BELONGING TO THE LITERARY FUND SOCIETY.
‘Dear Friend,’ says Mr. J---, with truth's own grace,
‘Your knight I've slaughtered with my penknife's lance;
But then, if I had not destroyed his face
You would have surely lost his countenance.’
‘Your knight I've slaughtered with my penknife's lance;
But then, if I had not destroyed his face
You would have surely lost his countenance.’
A logical defence! Let none deride,
Or doubt that this each graver charge rebuts;
Our friend may boast he has not multiplied
A single picture into several cuts!
Or doubt that this each graver charge rebuts;
Our friend may boast he has not multiplied
A single picture into several cuts!
But is the face destroyed? Is hope, then, vain?
No! Cæsar stabbed by Brutus doubtless ceases,
But what was Soane may yet be sewn again—
Although to give us peace, 'tis cut in pieces!
No! Cæsar stabbed by Brutus doubtless ceases,
But what was Soane may yet be sewn again—
Although to give us peace, 'tis cut in pieces!
1836
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