DOTTATOR ET LINEATOR LOQUITUR. (Explanation of the Platc.) WHAT signifies the sculptor's fame, Or glory of a painter's name! All that an Angelo can give Towards making the dull marble live, Though they were Titian's, rich and warm; A female face; I want no dress To fall before or gird around. Their naked dames, let fools adore 'em, And hang their curtains up before 'em: For they have nothing to conceal, How gaily in the dance they meet, As lordly topers they can shine, He's mad, the well bred artist cries, Mad as he is with all your pride, And leave me master of the field: Ackerman Rep. LOVE. LOVE's wings were never made to soar, Where Discord dwells he shuns the door, Where Pleasure reigns, he passes by, The rural cot, the shady grove, The little urchin there can see, His victims loitering as they go, Can mark in some the signs of glee, In others mark the signs of wo. |