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... glowing thought ; Elegant as simplicity , and warm As ectasy , unmanacled by form ; Not prompted , as in our degenerate days , By low ambition and a thirst of praise ; Was natural as is the flowing stream , And yet magnificent - a God ...
... glowing thought ; Elegant as simplicity , and warm As ectasy , unmanacled by form ; Not prompted , as in our degenerate days , By low ambition and a thirst of praise ; Was natural as is the flowing stream , And yet magnificent - a God ...
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... glowing hue , Give earth's gay verdure and the sky's bright blue ; Let the fair scene upon thy paper live , With all the truth thy graceful hand can give ; For soon will winter come , with boisterous breeze , Sweeping their leafy ...
... glowing hue , Give earth's gay verdure and the sky's bright blue ; Let the fair scene upon thy paper live , With all the truth thy graceful hand can give ; For soon will winter come , with boisterous breeze , Sweeping their leafy ...
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... with soft suffusion fills it , As with a loving glow . Her face was kindled By the quick glances of her large black eyes , That flashed from underneath her arching brows , Anon . Like gems in caves ; and yet there was a 57.
... with soft suffusion fills it , As with a loving glow . Her face was kindled By the quick glances of her large black eyes , That flashed from underneath her arching brows , Anon . Like gems in caves ; and yet there was a 57.
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... glow must fade , falls on my heart Like the cold weight of death . Percival . PURPOSE OF PAINTING . To please is the genuine aim of painting , as of all the fine arts ; when pleasure is conveyed through deeply excited interest , by ...
... glow must fade , falls on my heart Like the cold weight of death . Percival . PURPOSE OF PAINTING . To please is the genuine aim of painting , as of all the fine arts ; when pleasure is conveyed through deeply excited interest , by ...
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... glow , Pleased at the pencil's mimic show ; ' Tis but obedience to the plan From nature's birth proposed to man ; Who , lest her choicest sweets in vain Should blossom for our thankless train ; Lest beauty pass unheeded by Like cloud ...
... glow , Pleased at the pencil's mimic show ; ' Tis but obedience to the plan From nature's birth proposed to man ; Who , lest her choicest sweets in vain Should blossom for our thankless train ; Lest beauty pass unheeded by Like cloud ...
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PORTFOLIO OF AN ARTIST Rembrandt 1778-1860 Peale, Comp,Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of No preview available - 2016 |
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