| The Painters may pursue a clearer line |
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| The Colour tones that Rousseau loved so well |
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| The Subject-matter moulds the writer's pen |
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| The Louvre has never welcomed Michel's art |
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| Tho' Claude selected as no master would |
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| Paul Delaroche essayed the murky Past |
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| Yet, ere we wander where the Salons wait |
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| Ingrès ne'er faltered in his ancient aim |
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| The Orient sketches Decamps tried to Limn |
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| Couture called Delacroix, with Gallic wit |
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