That pencil happy to be thine
- DMI number:
- 19725
- First Line:
- That pencil happy to be thine
- Last Line:
- Can never produce a fairer face
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Quatrain abab, and Compliment
- Themes:
- Art / painting, Beauty, and High society / the court[Madame de Pompadour]
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [vol. III] [T64450]
- Page No(s):
- p.54
- Poem Title:
- Extempore left on Mad. De Pompadour's Toilet, [...] while she was Drawing. [...] In English.
- Attribution:
- by Voltaire,
- Attributed To:
- Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [vol. III] [T64451] [different setting to T64450]
- Page No(s):
- p.54
- Poem Title:
- Extempore left on Mad. De Pompadour's Toilet, [...] while she was Drawing. [...] In English.
- Attribution:
- by Voltaire,
- Attributed To:
- Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire
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