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Gaspar Becerra.



By his evening fire the artist Pondered o'er his secret shame;Baffled, weary, and disheartened, Still he mused, and dreamed of fame.
'T was an image of the Virgin That had tasked his utmost skill;But, alas! his fair ideal Vanished and escaped him still.
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