Poems on Several Occasions ... To which is added, the Plague of Wealth, Occasion'd By the Author's receiving fifty Pounds from his Excellency the Lord Carteret, for the foremention'd Ode. With several Poems not in the Dublin Edition. By Matthew Pilkington. Revised by the Reverend Dr. Swift |
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To Mr. --- on seeing a Friend's Picture of his Painting.
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To Mr. --- on seeing a Friend's Picture of his Painting.
Say—, whence can Paint assume such Grace
To animate the mimick Face?
That Face, where all that's good and wise
Starts into Life, and strikes our Eyes;
And where, by thy creative Art,
Those Graces shine that deck his Heart.
To animate the mimick Face?
That Face, where all that's good and wise
Starts into Life, and strikes our Eyes;
And where, by thy creative Art,
Those Graces shine that deck his Heart.
Here Fortitude and Friendship shine
Confest, in ev'ry living Line,
Here breathes Philsophy—; and there
A calm, inspir'd, exalted Air,
Like Homer when his Lyre he strung,
And Ilion's Woes divinely sung;
Or Maro when in lofty Lays
He hymn'd his Pollio's golden Days.
Confest, in ev'ry living Line,
Here breathes Philsophy—; and there
A calm, inspir'd, exalted Air,
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And Ilion's Woes divinely sung;
Or Maro when in lofty Lays
He hymn'd his Pollio's golden Days.
Let others boast the Skill, to trace
Some faint Resemblance of the Face,
But you the pow'rful Magic know
Distinct the secret Soul to show;
In thee that Excellence we find
At once to paint the Face and Mind.
Some faint Resemblance of the Face,
But you the pow'rful Magic know
Distinct the secret Soul to show;
In thee that Excellence we find
At once to paint the Face and Mind.
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