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Why was Cupid a Boy, And why a boy was he? He should have been a Girl, For aught that I can see. For he shoots with his bow, And the Girl shoots with her Eye, And they both are…

I will tell you what Joseph of Arimathea Said to my Fairy : was not it very queer ? Priestly & Bacon ! What, are you here ? Come before Joseph of Arimathea. Listen patient, & when Joseph has done I will make a…

For this is being a Friend just in the nick, Not when he’s well, but waiting till he’s sick ; He calls you to his help ; be you not mov’d Until, by being sick, his wants are prov’d. You see him…

The only Man that e’er I knew Who did not make me almost spew Was Fuseli: he was both Turk and Jew — And so, dear Christian Friends, how do you do ?

When I see a Rubens, Rembrandt, Correggio, I think of the crippled Harry and slobbering Joe; And then I question thus: Are artists’ rules To be drawn from the works of two manifest fools? 5Then God defend us from the…

You say their pictures well painted be, And yet they are blockheads you all agree: Thank God! I never was sent to school To be flogg’d into following the style of a fool. The errors of a wise man make…

If you mean to please everybody you will Set to work both ignorance and skill. For a great multitude are ignorant, And skill to them seems raving and rant. Like putting oil and water in a lamp, ’Twill make a great…

When you look at a picture, you always can see If a man of sense has painted he. Then never flinch, but keep up a jaw About freedom, and ‘Jenny sink awa’.’ As when it smells of the lamp, we…

I ALWAYS take my judgement from a fool Because his judgement is so very cool; Not prejudiced by feelings great or small, Amiable state! he cannot feel at all.