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SAVING THE PAINTER

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 26, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 17.

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SAVING THE PAINTER.

By Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler

BY ELLEN THORNEYCROFT FOWLER.
A PAINTER, standing on a scaffold high, Stepped back to wonder how a passing stranger Would scan his art; a workman (who stood by And saw his danger) Bedaubed the finished fresco. With a start The artist forward rushed in consternation; And thus the spoiling of his work of art Was his salvation.
O ye who pleasant pictures love to paint, Then find your daydreams doomed to disappointment, Take for the healing of your sad complaint This healing ointment— That Love withholds the triumph of your toils, Bids Fancy's frescoes fainter fade and fainter, And with a gracious Hand the picture spoils To save the painter.
—Leisure Hour.