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TO HIS NEPHEW, TO BE PROSPEROUS IN HIS ART OF PAINTING, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: On, as thou hast begunne, brave youth, and get
Last Line: No, not the glory of the world, vandike.
Subject(s): Paintings & Painters


On, as thou hast begunne, brave youth, and get
The Palme from Urbin, Titian, Tintarret,
Brugel and Coxu, and the workes out-doe,
Of Holben, and That mighty Ruben too.
So draw, and paint, as none may do the like
No, not the glory of the World, Vandike.





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