To the Painter, after he had finish'd Dorinda's Picture.

To the Painter, after he had finish'd Dorinda's Picture. John Pomfret Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. N21233 Pomfret, John, 1667-1702. Poems upon Several Occasions. By the Reverend Mr. John Pomfret [poems only]. The Sixth Edition, Corrected. With some Account Of his Life and Writings. To which are added, His Remains. London printed for D. Brown without Temple Bar, J. Walthoe in the Temple Cloysters, A. Bettesworth, and E. Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row, and J. Hooke in Fleetstreet 1724 pp. 66-67. [12], 132, vi, 17p.

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To the Painter , after he had finish'd Dorinda's Picture . Painter , thou hast perform'd what Man can do , Only Dorinda's self more Charms can shew . Bold are thy Strokes , and delicate each Touch , But still the Beauties of her Face are such As cannot justly be describ'd ; tho' all Confess 'tis like the bright Original . In her , and in thy Picture , we may view The utmost Nature , or that Art can do , Each is a Master-piece , design'd so well That future Times may strive to parallel , But neither Art nor Nature's able to excel .