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    W.H. Auden admired this writer and artist and wrote a poem in his honour, describing him as "a dirty landscape painter who hated his nose." Who?

    Question #82179. Asked by srini701. (Jun 19 07 12:38 AM)


    Lympathy

    		Edward Lear

    "Left by his friend to breakfast alone on the white
    Italian shore, his Terrible Demon arose
    Over his shoulder; he wept to himself in the night,
    A dirty landscape-painter who hated his nose.

    The legions of cruel inquisitive They
    Were so many and big like dogs: he was upset
    By Germans and boats; affection was miles away:
    But guided by tears he successfully reached his Regret.

    How prodigious the welcome was. Flowers took his hat
    And bore him off to introduce him to the tongs;
    The demon's false nose made the table laugh; a cat
    Soon had him waltzing madly, let him squeeze her hand;
    Words pushed him to the piano to sing comic songs;
    And children swarmed to him like settlers. He became a land."

    http://reason-and-rhyme.blogspot.com/2007/01/sonnet.html



    Jun 19 07, 4:22 AM

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