The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Who Seems to Please [translated from Michael Angelo]

"Who Seems to Please [translated from Michael Angelo]." New-York Saturday Press, January 29, 1859, 4.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

Individuals who choose a profession devoted to pleasing “The worthless world” are cursed by the need to act according to the temperament of “the ignorant crowd” instead of being true to their own feelings.