Love

The Picture

by Thomas Stanley 1625–1678

Love

Thou that both feel'st and dost admire
The flames shot from a painted fire,
Know Celia's image thou dost see:
Not to herself more like is she.
He that should both together view
Would judge both pictures, or both true.
But thus they differ: the best part
Of Nature this is; that of Art.

MLA

Stanley, Thomas. “The Picture.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stanley/1/.

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