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A TRIP TO PARIS AND BELGIUM - 08 - Last Visit to the Louvre - ZaunköniG - 23.09.2007
A TRIP TO PARIS AND BELGIUM
VIII
LAST VISIT TO THE LOUVRE
THE CRY OF THE P.R.B., AFTER A CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE
CANVASES OF RUBENS, CORREGGIO,et hoc genus omne.
NON NOI PITTORI! God of Nature's truth,
If these, not we! Be it not said, when one
Of us goes hence: “As these did, he hath done;
His feet sought out their footprints from his youth.”
Because, dear God! the flesh Thou madest smooth
These carked and fretted, that it seemed to run
With ulcers; and the daylight of thy sun
They parcelled into blots and glares, uncouth
With stagnant grouts of paint. Men say that these
Had further sight than man's, but that God saw
Their works were good. God that didst know them foul!
In such a blindness, blinder than the owl,
Leave us! Our sight can reach unto thy seas
And hills: and 'tis enough for tears of awe.
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