英语巴士网

On Art and Artists(三)

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    I askèd my dear friend Orator Prig:

    `What's the first part of oratory?' He said: `A great wig.'

    `And what is the second?' Then, dancing a jig

    And bowing profoundly, he said: `A great wig.'

    `And what is the third?' Then he snored like a pig,

    And, puffing his cheeks out, replied: `A great wig.'

    So if a great painter with questions you push,

    `What's the first part of painting?' he'll say: `A paint-brush.'

    `And what is the second?' with most modest blush,

    He'll smile like a cherub, and say: `A paint-brush.'

    `And what is the third?' he'll bow like a rush,

    With a leer in his eye, he'll reply: `A paint-brush.'

    Perhaps this is all a painter can want:

    But, look yonder —— that house is the house of Rembrandt!

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