Of man's staff, woman's stole or infant's clout,

But lo, a spirit-birth conceived of flesh,

Truth rare and real, not transcripts, fact and false.

The studies—for his pupils and himself!

The picture be for our eximious Rome

And—who knows?—satisfy its Governor,

Whose new wing to the villa he hath bought

(God give him joy of it) by Capena, soon

('T is bruited) shall be glowing with the brush

Of who hath long surpassed the Florentine,