. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. mounts the stair,Seeking her fathers studio there : — QUENTYN MATSYS WELL. 17 The Blacksmith! What ?—you know my vow ? No blacksmith—but a Painter now ;—Behold my work—behold your son,Learn what the force of love has done ! Before the fathers startled gaze See now a picture stand,Rich in the limners every grace, Wrought by a Masters hand. Love a miracle has wrought, Love a miracle has done,Blacksmith he my daughter sought,Painter he has won : Call the maiden to my side,Quentyn Matsys take your bride. And this story of true lov
. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. mounts the stair,Seeking her fathers studio there : — QUENTYN MATSYS WELL. 17 The Blacksmith! What ?—you know my vow ? No blacksmith—but a Painter now ;—Behold my work—behold your son,Learn what the force of love has done ! Before the fathers startled gaze See now a picture stand,Rich in the limners every grace, Wrought by a Masters hand. Love a miracle has wrought, Love a miracle has done,Blacksmith he my daughter sought,Painter he has won : Call the maiden to my side,Quentyn Matsys take your bride. And this story of true love When the Antwerp gossips tell,Still, in token of its truth, They point to Matsys the Painter and his spouse Ages since to dust have gone,Still the iron that he wrought Canopies the the Legend runs aright, A Phantom comes at dead of night,Plies the Blacksmiths dingy trade, And fills the seams that Time has until our day it stands, Still preservd by elfin hands,Still its curves fantastic tell How Love wrought a Miracle.*. QUEJJTTN MATSYS- WELL. * The monument of Matsys himself, exhibiting his portrait in bas-relief, together with hisarms and epitaph, may be seen attached to the wall of the western front of the cathedral ofAntwerp, at the foot of the great tower, and immediately opposite to the iron frame of the the portrait is this inscription : Quintino Metsiis, incomparabilis artis pictori, admiratrixgrataque posteritas anno post obitum saeculari cio. id. posuit. On another stone is thefollowing line: — Connubialis amor de Mulcibre fecit Apellem. 18 THE RHINE BOOK. When Rubens, Quentyn Matsys, and the other painters whose names andworks are associated with the Cathedral, have received their meed of admiration, the Traveller will
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