The following Lines were occasioned by Mr. ROBERTSON's refusing to paint for one Lady, and immediately after…

When LAURA appear'd, poor APPELLES complain'd, That his sight was bedim'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 ANNA enter'd the prospect was chang'd, The paints and the brushes in order were rang'd; The artist resum'd his employment again, Forgetful of labour, and blindness and pain; And the strokes were so lively that all were assur'd What the brunette had injur'd the fair one had cur'd. Let the candid decide which the chaplet should wear, The charms which destroy, or the charms which repair.