Reynolds

Here Reynolds* is laid, and, to tell you my mind,
He has not left a better or wiser behind:
His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
Still born to improve us in every part,
His pencil our faces, his manners our heart:
To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering,
When they judged without skill he was still hard of hearing:
When they talked of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff,
He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff.

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*Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds, the celebrated painter and very good friend of Goldsmith's. There is no malice whatsoever in Goldsmith's wit in this verse.

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