resembling > depicting pencil > artist's brush
3 All were it Zeuxis' or Praxiteles':
All > Even
Zeuxis > (Greek painter, c. 455-396 BC)
Praxiteles > (Greek sculptor, c. 400-320 BC)
4 His daedal hand would fail, and greatly faint,
daedal > cunning, inventive (derived from the name of Daedalus, the Artist, of Knossos) faint > grow weak
5 And her perfections with his error taint: 6 Nor poet's wit (that passes painter's far
wit > skill; mental capacity passes > surpasses [the]
7 In picturing the parts of beauty dainty)
parts > qualities dainty > delightful, delicate
8 So hard a workmanship adventure dares,