Living
Upon Pink an ill-fac'd Painter. Epig.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
TO paint the Fiend, Pink would the Devill see;
And so he may, if he'll be rul'd by me:
Let but Pink's face i'th Looking-glasse be showne,
And Pink may paint the Devill's by his owne.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Pink an ill-fac'd Painter. Epig.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/274/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Pink an ill-fac'd Painter. Epig.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/274/.
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