A lovely poem written by Pope Leo XIII...
Ars Photographica
Expressa solis spiculo
Nitens imago, quam bene
Frontis decus, vim luminum
Refers, et oris gratiam.
O mira virtus ingeni
Novumque monstrum! Imaginem
Naturae Apelles aemulus
Non pulchriorem pingeret.
Translation into English verse:
On a Photograph
Sun-wrought image! All may see
Bright and beaming writ in thee
Gracious features, thought-crowned brow,
Eyes with living light aglow.
Modern wit is master here:
Not Appelles, Nature's peer,
Could with truer pencil trace
Thy unlabored, clear-cut grace.
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