Living
To his Nephew, to be prosperous in his art of Painting.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
ON, as thou hast begunne, brave youth, and get
The Palme from Urbin, Titian, Tintarret,
Brugel and Coxu, and the workes out-doe,
Of Holben, and That mighty Ruben too.
So draw, and paint, as none may do the like,
No, not the glory of the World, Vandike.
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Herrick, Robert. “To his Nephew, to be prosperous in his art of Painting.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/386/.
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Herrick, Robert. “To his Nephew, to be prosperous in his art of Painting.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/386/.
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