For example, young Raphael—my excellent friend—
And the later Italians and Germans as well,
They consider Sir Frederic Leighton no end
Of a swell.
Then Reynolds declared, in the course of a chat,
The "Cherry Ripe" picture of Millais to be
As good as "Penelope Boothby." What's that?
"So does he?"
Van de Velde asserts he knows less of a wave,
It's colour and drawing, than Moore at his best.—