The Study of Poetry • Paragraph 1257
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On which I conclude, that the early painters, To cries of “Greek Art and what more wish you?”-- Replied, “To become now self-acquainters, And paint man, man, whatever the issue! Make new hopes shine through the flesh they fray, New fears aggrandize the rags and tatters: To bring the invisible full into play, Let the visible go to the dogs--what matters?”