Rubens
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
Here you are, grand old sensualist!
And here are the three goddesses
displaying their charms to Paris.
It was all one to you - goddesses, saints, court ladies -
Your world was all curves of flesh
rolling curves repeated like a shell.
Mary Magdalen was almost as good copy as Venus,
Angels might be voluptuous as nymphs.
It was a rich old gorgeous world you painted -
For kinds or prelates, what mattered! - palace or church!
You had a wonderful, glorious time! -
And no doubt the ladies loved you.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 497 |
Words | 93 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4 |
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