American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 244
es. Drawn by Freer. It will not be without interest to read what three poets, one an ancient Greek, the next anEnglishman of the Elizabethan age, and the last, one of our own countrymen, have written aboutportraits of beautiful women. First is, — THE PORTRAIT Translated from the Greek of Anacreon… … Farewell. Drawn by Freer. With milk commingle rosesTo paint a nose and cheeks, A lip like bland Persuasions,-A lip that kissing seeks. Within the chin luxurious,Let all the graces fair, Round neck of alabaster,Be ever flitting there. And now in robes invest herOf palest purple dyes, Betraying fair…
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