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AN EPIGRAM,
Occasioned by a dispute between the Earl of ---, and Mr. Locatelli, the Sculptor.
A Lordling and Sculptor fell out t'other day,
When the Peer made excuses he sought not to pay,
For a groupe of prodigious fine figures;
Swore the men too colossal for Nature to own,
And too soft and too crumblous the grain of the stone,
To endure the Elements rigours.
When the Peer made excuses he sought not to pay,
For a groupe of prodigious fine figures;
Swore the men too colossal for Nature to own,
And too soft and too crumblous the grain of the stone,
To endure the Elements rigours.
With disdain on his brow, and with rage in his mind,
The proud son of Phidias contemptuous rejoin'd,
And the Peer's high-born attributes marr'd;
The next time I toil in such tests of my art,
I will beg, as materials, my Patron's heart,
For that is both little and hard.
The proud son of Phidias contemptuous rejoin'd,
And the Peer's high-born attributes marr'd;
The next time I toil in such tests of my art,
I will beg, as materials, my Patron's heart,
For that is both little and hard.
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