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.