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epigram addressed to an artist

dear _____, i'll gie ye some advice,

you'll tak it no uncivil:

you shouldna paint at angels mair,

but try and paint the devil.

to paint an angel's kittle wark,

wi' nick, there's little danger:

you'll easy draw a lang-kent face,

but no sae weel a stranger.—r. b.