A Flower. Painted By Simon Varelst

Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721



When famed Varelst this little wonder drew,
Flora vouchsafed the growing works to view;
Finding the painter's science at a stand,
The goddess snatch'd the pencil from his hand,
And finishing the piece, she smiling said,
Behold one work of mine that ne'er shall fade.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

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Scheme AABBCD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 261
Words 45
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6

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