Virtue runs before the muse,
and defies her skill;
she is rapt and doth refuse
to wait a painter's will.


The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (ed. 1902)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Virtue runs before the muse, and defies her skill; she is rapt and doth refuse to wait a painter's will.

Virtue runs before the muse, and defies her skill; she is rapt and doth refuse to wait a painter's will.

Virtue runs before the muse, and defies her skill; she is rapt and doth refuse to wait a painter's will.

Virtue runs before the muse, and defies her skill; she is rapt and doth refuse to wait a painter's will.