"Then marble soften'd into life grew warm, And yielding, soft metal flow'd to human form."

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PoetryWorks by Alexander Pope
Original Language: English

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Epistle I, Book II, line 147. Compare: "The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm; The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form", Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, line 137.