Sweet mother, let me sketch thee with thy babe:

So rare a picture should not pass away

With the brief moment which it illustrates.

Maria. Art thou a painter too, Sir Traveler?

Where be thy brush and colors?

Raphael. Ah, 'tis true,

Naught have I with me. What is this? 'twill serve

My purpose.

Maria. 'Tis the cover of a cask,

Made of the very oak whereof I spake: