Arts & Sciences
Sir Joshua praised Rubens with a smile
From The Rossetti Manuscript (c. 1793–1818)
Arts & Sciences
Sir Joshua praised Rubens with a smile,
By calling his the ornamental style;
And yet his praise of Flaxman was the smartest,
When he called him the Ornamental Artist.
But sure such ornaments we well may spare
As crooked limbs and louzy heads of hair.
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Blake, William. “Sir Joshua praised Rubens with a smile.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/172/.
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Blake, William. “Sir Joshua praised Rubens with a smile.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/172/.
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