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.