In vain, Bright Girl! you bid us mark
Each charm of portrait round us thrown,
When sight and soul alike are dark
To every faceexcept 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."
In A Portrait Gallery
written byJohn Kenyon
© John Kenyon