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Why are Nature’s beauties felt? Oh tis thine in her we see! Why has musie power to melt? Oh! Because it speaks like thee. All that’s sweet, by Love’s decree, Has been made resembling thee! Thomas Moore
Why are Nature’s beauties felt? Oh tis thine in her we see! Why has musie power to melt? Oh! Because it speaks like thee. All that’s sweet, by Love’s decree, Has been made resembling thee! Thomas Moore

Why are Nature’s beauties felt? Oh tis thine in her we see! Why has musie power to melt? Oh! Because it speaks like thee. All that’s sweet, by Love’s decree, Has been made resembling thee! Thomas Moore

Samuel L. Schmucker (American, 1879–1921)
Detroit Publishing Company
Medium/TechniqueColor lithograph with metallic pigment on card stock
DimensionsVertical: Overall: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2012.7440
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ClassificationsPostcards
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2012, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 2012)