On Art and Artists(四)

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     `O dear Mother Outline! of wisdom most sage,
     What's the first part of painting?' She said: `Patronage.'
     `And what is the second, to please and engage?'
     She frowned like a fury, and said: `Patronage.'
     `And what is the third? She put off old age,
     And smil'd like a siren, and said: `Patronage.'