John Swan's Maternity reflects the gleam
John Swan's Maternity reflects the gleam
Of old gold colour, like a Maris scheme.
Its failing is o'erfinish, ever sure
To win applause while cockney creeds endure.
A story's current with the stamp of age
How Ruskin, in a wild and " soulful" rage,
Complained that Swan's lean tiger-cat in clay
Lacked pow'r to preach and point art's Ethic way
Because the bronze could never be minute,
Nor Swan achieve the whiskers of the brute.
Of old gold colour, like a Maris scheme.
Its failing is o'erfinish, ever sure
To win applause while cockney creeds endure.
A story's current with the stamp of age
How Ruskin, in a wild and " soulful" rage,
Complained that Swan's lean tiger-cat in clay
Lacked pow'r to preach and point art's Ethic way
Because the bronze could never be minute,
Nor Swan achieve the whiskers of the brute.
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