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POEM BY A PERFECTLY FURIOUS ACADEMICIAN by CHARLES WILLIAM SHIRLEY BROOKS

First Line: I TAKES AND PAINTS
Last Line: THEN NOBODY WILL BUY.
Subject(s): PAINTINGS & PAINTERS;

I takes and paints,
Hears no complaints,
And sells before I'm dry;
Till savage Ruskin
He sticks his tusk in,
Then nobody will buy.



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