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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra Cumaean Sibyl at the mouth of a cave (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra Delphic Sibyl (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra Erythrean Sibyl (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra King Midas before a walled city (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
Sonnet
If by dull rhymes our English must be chain'd,
And, like Andromeda, the Sonnet sweet
Fetter'd, in spite of pained loveliness,
Let us find out, if we must be constrain'd,
Sandals more interwoven and complete
To fit the naked foot of poesy.
Let us inspect the lyre, and weigh the stress
Of every chord, and see what may be gain'd
By ear industrious, and attention meet:
Misers of sound and syllable, no less
Than Midas of his coinage, let us be
Jealous of dead leaves in the bay wreath-crown.
So, if we may not let the Muse be free,
She will be bound with garlands of her own.
– John Keats (posthumously published in 1848)
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra King Minos in a landscape of books (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra Hercules defeating Antaeus at the mouth of a cave (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra Death of Hercules (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra Jason and Medea (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra Pyrrha and Deucalion repopulating the Earth (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra Milo of Croton with hands caught in the cleft of a tree, devoured by two dogs (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra Absalom hanging from a tree by his hair (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra Samson pulling down the column of the Temple (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra David with the head of Goliath (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |
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| circle of Baccio Baldini or Maso Finiguerra Jonah disgorged from the Whale (from a bound album called The Florentine Picture-Chronicle) ca. 1470-75 drawing British Museum |