In A Portrait Gallery

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In vain, Bright Girl! you bid us mark
  Each charm of portrait round us thrown,
  When sight and soul alike are dark
  To every face—except your own.
  And while yon connoisseurs eschew
  All "Perfect"—save in the "Ideal;"
  To prove them false we turn to you,
  And find our "Perfect"—in the "Real."

© John Kenyon