AN ARTIST'S FAME.

Painter. Let none call happy one whose art's deep source

They know not—or what thorny paths he trode

To reach its dazzling goal!

Marquis. What dost thou mean?

Painter. I'll seek a simile—Some gorgeous cloud

Oft towers in wondrous majesty before ye—

It bathes its bosom in pure ether's flood,

Evening twines crowns of roses for its head,