Epigram Addressed To An Artist

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Title:     Epigram Addressed To An Artist
Author: Robert Burns [More Titles by Burns]

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.

1787

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Robert Burns's poem: Epigram Addressed To An Artist

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