You say 'tis hard to copy well, <br />Where Nature does herself excel. <br />Allow'd -- yet still let me advise: <br />Near as you can, to Nature rise; <br />Nor Time, nor Colours will be lost; <br />The Draught will more than pay the Cost. <br />Then dare to draw that Angel Face; <br />The Pencil may the Features trace; <br />And, should her Air thy Art defeat, <br />Add Wings, the Piece will be complete.<br /><br />Mary Barber<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-mrs-newans/
