| Samuel Kettell, ed. Specimens of American Poetry. 1829. | | | | On a Painter | | By Margaretta V. Faugeres (1771–1801) |
| | | WHEN Laura appear’d, poor Apelles complain’d, | |
| That his sight was bedimm’d, and his optics much pain’d; | |
| So his pallet and pencil the artist resign’d, | |
| Lest the blaze of her beauty should make him quite blind. | |
| But when fair Anne enter’d the prospect was changed, | 5 |
| The paints and the brushes in order were ranged; | |
| The artist resumed his employment again, | |
| Forgetful of labor, and blindness, and pain; | |
| And the strokes were so lively that all were assured | |
| What the brunette had injured the fair one had cured. | 10 |
| Let the candid decide which the chaplet should wear, | |
| The charms which destroy, or the charms which repair. | | | | |
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