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EPIGRAM.

Occasion'd by reading an insipid Satyr against Sir Richard Steele, Intitled, Instructions to a Painter. Written ex tempore, in the Year, 1713.

Painter, one Figure more, at My Request,
Let on the living Canvas be exprest;

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There let an Ass a Satyr's Visard wear,
Conspicuous by uncommon Length of Ear,
Whilst on the Ground a feeble Lion feels
The Coward Fury of his spurning Heels.