Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

161 . 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.