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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.