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 22 1920

(MAUBERLEY)

I. URNED from the "eau-forte Par Jaquemart" To the strait head Of Messalina:

"His true Penelope Was Flaubert", And his tool The engraver's

Firmness, Not the full smile, His art, but an art In profile;

Colourless Pier Francesca, Pisanello lacking the skill To forge Achaia.