Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier,
Ars Victrix
“ Thy Sirens blue at eve Coiled in a wash of wine. All passes. ART alone Enduring stays to us; The Bust outlasts the throne, — The Coin, Tiberius; Even the Gods must go; Only the lofty Rhyme Not countless years o’erthrow, — Not long array of time. Paint, chisel, then, or write; But, that the work surpass, With the hard fashion fight, — With the resisting mass. This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content. ”
