viii You say their pictures well painted be， And yet they are blockheads you all agree： Thank God！ I never was sent to school To be flogg'd into f...
ix When you look at a picture， you always can see If a man of sense has painted he. Then never flinch， but keep up a jaw About freedom， and `Jenny sin...
x The Washerwoman's Song I wash'd them out and wash'd them in， And they told me it was a great sin....
xi English Encouragement of Art： Cromek's opinions put into rhyme If you mean to please everybody you will Set to work both ignorance and skill. F...
xii When I see a Rubens， Rembrandt， Correggio， I think of the crippled Harry and slobbering Joe； And then I question thus： Are artists' rules To b...
Absent from thee， I languish still； Then ask me not， When I return？ The straying fool ‘twill plainly kill To wish all day， all night to mourn. D...
I MUST not think of thee； and， tired yet strong， I shun the thought that lurks in all delight— The thought of thee—and in the blue heaven&...
MY delight and thy delight Walking， like two angels white， In the gardens of the night： My desire and thy desire Twining to a tongue of fire， Leaping ...
LOVE is enough： though the World be a-waning， And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining， Though the sky be too dark for dim eyes to dis...
I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night， When the winds are breathing low， And the stars are shining bright. I arise from dreams...