The sinful painter drapes his goddess warm,
Because she still is naked, being drest;
The godlike sculptor will not so deform
Beauty, which bones and flesh enough invest.

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Poet: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Ralph Waldo Emerson Art)
Poem: Painting And Sculpture
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