Sonnets, Lyrics and Translations By the Rev. Charles Turner [i.e. Charles Tennyson] |
THE PORTRAIT PAINTER. |
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THE PORTRAIT PAINTER.
No feeble glow of intellectual flame,Inform'd that Painter's heart; to none more due
Than him, the honours of domestic fame;
What hand, but his, so excellently knew
The shadow of our lineaments? In vain
The glance of Beauty dar'd his subtle skill,
Touch'd into all its sympathies again,
Kindled anew with all its power to kill;
Age smiled, portray'd in all its sober calm,
Unvext, of grandsire aspect, pale and meek;
And babyhood, with hands too small for harm;
And youth, with full and health-ensanguin'd cheek,
Show'd life-like on his chart, and boyhood sleek
Still wore his dimpled chin, and merry charm.
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