N-MottoSIE1; E499|
The Good are attracted by Mens perceptions
N-MottoSIE2; E499|
And Think not for themselves
N-MottoSIE3; E499|
Till Experience teaches them to catch
N-MottoSIE4; E499|
And to cage the Fairies & Elves
N-MottoSIE5; E499|
And then the Knave begins to snarl
N-MottoSIE6; E499|
And the Hypocrite to howl
N-MottoSIE7; E499|
And all his good Friends shew their private ends
N-MottoSIE8; E499|
And the Eagle is known from the Owl
ED; E499|
* t1264
N-"LetTheBrothels"1; E499|
Let the Brothels of Paris be opened
N-"LetTheBrothels"2; E499|
With many an alluring dance
N-"LetTheBrothels"3; E499|
To awake the Physicians thro the city t1265
N-"LetTheBrothels"4; E499|
Said the beautiful Queen of France
N-"LetTheBrothels"5; E499|
Then old Nobodaddy aloft
N-"LetTheBrothels"6; E499|
Farted & belchd & coughd
N-"LetTheBrothels"7; E499|
And said I love hanging & drawing & quartering
N-"LetTheBrothels"8; E499|
Every bit as well as war & slaughtering t1266
N-"LetTheBrothels"9; E499|
Then he swore a great & solemn Oath t1267
N-"LetTheBrothels"10; E499|
To kill the people I am loth
N-"LetTheBrothels"11; E499|
But If they rebel they must go to hell
N-"LetTheBrothels"12; E499|
They shall have a Priest & a passing bell
N-"LetTheBrothels"13; E500|
The King awoke on his couch of gold
N-"LetTheBrothels"14; E500|
As soon as he heard these tidings told
N-"LetTheBrothels"15; E500|
Arise & come both fife & drum
N-"LetTheBrothels"16; E500|
And the [Famine] shall eat both crust & crumb t1268
N-"LetTheBrothels"17; E500|
The Queen of France just touchd this Globe
N-"LetTheBrothels"18; E500|
And the Pestilence darted from her robe t1269
N-"LetTheBrothels"19; E500|
But our good Queen quite grows to the ground
N-"LetTheBrothels"20; E500|
And a great many suckers grow all around t1270
ED; E500|
* t1271
N-"WhoWillExchange"1; E500|
Who will exchange his own fire side
N-"WhoWillExchange"2; E500|
For the stone of anothers door t1272
N-"WhoWillExchange"3; E500|
Who will exchange his wheaten loaf
N-"WhoWillExchange"4; E500|
For the links of a dungeon floor
N-"WhoWillExchange"5; E500|
Fayette beheld the King & Queen
N-"WhoWillExchange"6; E500|
In curses & iron bound t1273
N-"WhoWillExchange"7; E500|
But mute Fayette wept tear for tear
N-"WhoWillExchange"8; E500|
And guarded them around
N-"WhoWillExchange"9; E500|
O who would smile on the wintry seas
N-"WhoWillExchange"10; E500|
& Pity the stormy roar t1274
N-"WhoWillExchange"11; E500|
Or who will exchange his new born child
N-"WhoWillExchange"12; E500|
For the dog at the wintry door
ED; E500|
* t1275
N-"WhenKlopstock"1; E500|
When Klopstock England defied
N-"WhenKlopstock"2; E500|
Uprose terrible Blake in his pride
N-"WhenKlopstock"3; E500|
For old Nobodaddy aloft
N-"WhenKlopstock"4; E500|
Farted & Belchd & coughd
N-"WhenKlopstock"5; E500|
Then swore a great oath that made heavn quake
N-"WhenKlopstock"6; E500|
And calld aloud to English Blake
N-"WhenKlopstock"7; E500|
Blake was giving his body ease
N-"WhenKlopstock"8; E500|
At Lambeth beneath the poplar trees
N-"WhenKlopstock"9; E500|
From his seat then started he
N-"WhenKlopstock"10; E500|
And turnd himself round three times three t1276
N-"WhenKlopstock"11; E500|
The Moon at that sight blushd scarlet red
N-"WhenKlopstock"12; E500|
The stars threw down their cups & fled
N-"WhenKlopstock"13; E500|
And all the devils that were in hell t1277
N-"WhenKlopstock"14; E500|
Answered with a ninefold yell
N-"WhenKlopstock"15; E500|
Klopstock felt the intripled turn t1278
N-"WhenKlopstock"16; E500|
And all his bowels began to churn t1279
N-"WhenKlopstock"17; E500|
And his bowels turned round three times three t1280
N-"WhenKlopstock"18; E500|
And lockd in his soul with a ninefold key
N-"WhenKlopstock"19; E500|
That from his body it neer could be parted
N-"WhenKlopstock"20; E500|
Till to the last trumpet it was farted
N-"WhenKlopstock"21; E500|
Then again old nobodaddy swore
N-"WhenKlopstock"22; E501|
He neer had seen such a thing before
N-"WhenKlopstock"23; E501|
Since Noah was shut in the ark
N-"WhenKlopstock"24; E501|
Since Eve first chose her hell fire spark
N-"WhenKlopstock"25; E501|
Since twas the fashion to go naked
N-"WhenKlopstock"26; E501|
Since the old anything was created
N-"WhenKlopstock"27; E501|
And in pity he begd him to turn again
N-"WhenKlopstock"28; E501|
And ease poor Klopstocks nine fold pain
N-"WhenKlopstock"29; E501|
From pity then he redend round t1281
N-"WhenKlopstock"30; E501|
And the ninefold Spell unwound t1282
N-"WhenKlopstock"31; E501|
If Blake could do this when he rose up from shite t1283
N-"WhenKlopstock"32; E501|
What might he not do if he sat down to write
ED; E501|
*
N-title; E501|
On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott
N-OnTheVirginityOf1; E501|
Whateer is done to her she cannot know
N-OnTheVirginityOf2; E501|
And if youll ask her she will swear it so t1284
N-OnTheVirginityOf3; E501|
Whether tis good or evil none's to blame
N-OnTheVirginityOf4; E501|
No one can take the pride no one the shame
ED; E501|
*
N-"YouDontBelieve"1; E501|
You dont believe I wont attempt to make ye t1285
N-"YouDontBelieve"2; E501|
You are asleep I wont attempt to wake ye
N-"YouDontBelieve"3; E501|
Sleep on Sleep on while in your pleasant dreams
N-"YouDontBelieve"4; E501|
Of Reason you may drink of Lifes clear streams
N-"YouDontBelieve"5; E501|
Reason and Newton they are quite two things
N-"YouDontBelieve"6; E501|
For so the Swallow & the Sparrow sings
N-"YouDontBelieve"7; E501|
Reason says Miracle. Newton says Doubt
N-"YouDontBelieve"8; E501|
Aye thats the way to make all Nature out t1286
N-"YouDontBelieve"9; E501|
Doubt Doubt & dont believe without experiment
N-"YouDontBelieve"10; E501|
That is the very thing that Jesus meant
N-"YouDontBelieve"11; E501|
When he said Only Believe Believe & try t1287
N-"YouDontBelieve"12; E501|
Try Try & never mind the Reason why
ED; E501|
*
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"1; E501|
If it is True What the Prophets write
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"2; E501|
That the heathen Gods are all stocks & stones
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"3; E501|
Shall we for the sake of being Polite
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"4; E501|
Feed them with the juice of our marrow bones
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"5; E501|
And if Bezaleel & Aholiab drew
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"6; E501|
What the Finger of God pointed to their View
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"7; E501|
Shall we suffer the Roman & Grecian Rods
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"8; E501|
To compell us to worship them as Gods
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"9; E501|
They stole them from the Temple of the Lord
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"10; E501|
And Worshippd them that they might make Inspired Art Abhorrd
t1288
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"11; E502|
The Wood & Stone were calld The Holy Things--
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"12; E502|
And their Sublime Intent given to their Kings
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"13; E502|
All the Atonements of Jehovah spurnd
N-"IfItIsTrueWhat"14; E502|
And Criminals to Sacrifices Turnd
ED; E502|
*
N-"IamNoHomersHero"1; E502|
I am no Homers Hero you all know
N-"IamNoHomersHero"2; E502|
I profess not Generosity to a Foe
N-"IamNoHomersHero"3; E502|
My Generosity is to my Friends
N-"IamNoHomersHero"4; E502|
That for their Friendship I may make amends
N-"IamNoHomersHero"5; E502|
The Generous to Enemies promotes their Ends
N-"IamNoHomersHero"6; E502|
And becomes the Enemy & Betrayer of his Friends
ED; E502|
*
N-"TheAngelThatPresided"1; E502|
The Angel that presided oer my birth
N-"TheAngelThatPresided"2; E502|
Said Little creature formd of Joy & Mirth t1289
N-"TheAngelThatPresided"3; E502|
Go love without the help of any King on Earth t1290
ED; E502|
*
N-"SomeMenCreatedFor"1; E502|
Some Men created for destruction come
N-"SomeMenCreatedFor"2; E502|
Into the World & make the World their home
N-"SomeMenCreatedFor"3; E502|
Be they as Vile & Base as Eer they can t1291
N-"SomeMenCreatedFor"4; E502|
Theyll still be called 'The Worlds' honest man t1292
ED; E502|
*
N-"IfIerrGrow"1; E502|
If I eer Grow to Mans Estate
N-"IfIerrGrow"2; E502|
O Give to me a Womans fate
N-"IfIerrGrow"3; E502|
May I govern all both great & small
N-"IfIerrGrow"4; E502|
Have the last word & take the wall
ED; E502|
*
N-title; E502|
From Cratetos
N-FromCratetos1; E502|
Me Time has Crook'd. no good Workman
N-FromCratetos2; E502|
Is he. Infirm is all that he does
ED; E502|
*
N-"IfMenWillAct"1; E502|
If Men will act like a maid smiling over a Churn
N-"IfMenWillAct"2; E502|
They ought not when it comes to anothers turn
N-"IfMenWillAct"3; E502|
To grow sower at what a friend may utter
N-"IfMenWillAct"4; E502|
Knowing & feeling that we all have need of Butter
N-"IfMenWillAct"5; E502|
False Friends fie fie our Friendship you shant sever t1293
N-"IfMenWillAct"6; E502|
In spite we will be greater friends than ever t1294
ED; E503|
*
N-"Anger&Wrath"1; E503|
Anger & Wrath my bosom rends
N-"Anger&Wrath"2; E503|
I thought them the Errors of friends
N-"Anger&Wrath"3; E503|
But all my limbs with warmth glow
N-"Anger&Wrath"4; E503|
I find them the Errors of the foe
ED; E503|
*
N-title; E503|
An Epitaph
N-AnEpitaph1; E503|
Come knock your heads against this stone
N-AnEpitaph2; E503|
For sorrow that poor John Thompsons gone
ED; E503|
*
N-title; E503|
Another
N-Another[a]1; E503|
I was buried near this Dike
N-Another[a]2; E503|
That my Friends may weep as much as they like
ED; E503|
*
N-title; E503|
Another
N-Another[b]1; E503|
Here lies John Trot the Friend of all mankind
N-Another[b]2; E503|
He has not left one Enemy behind
N-Another[b]3; E503|
Friends were quite hard to find old authors say
N-Another[b]4; E503|
But now they stand in every bodies way
ED; E503|
*
N-"HeIsACock"1; E503|
He is a Cock would t1295
N-"HeIsACock"2; E503|
And would be a Cock if he could
ED; E503|
* t1296
N-"AndHisLegs"1; E503|
And his legs carried it like a long fork
N-"AndHisLegs"2; E503|
Reachd all the way from Chichester to York
N-"AndHisLegs"3; E503|
From York all across Scotland to the Sea
N-"AndHisLegs"4; E503|
This was a Man of Men as seems to me
N-"AndHisLegs"5; E503|
Not only in his Mouth his own Soul lay t1297
N-"AndHisLegs"6; E503|
But my Soul also would he bear away
N-"AndHisLegs"7; E503|
Like as a Pedlar bears his weary Pack
N-"AndHisLegs"8; E503|
So Stewhards Soul he buckld to his Back t1298
N-"AndHisLegs"9; E503|
But once alas committing a Mistake
N-"AndHisLegs"10; E503|
He bore the wr[et]ched Soul of William Blake
N-"AndHisLegs"11; E503|
That he might turn it into Eggs of Gold
N-"AndHisLegs"12; E503|
But neither Back nor mouth those Eggs could hold
N-"AndHisLegs"13; E503|
His underjaw dropd as those Eggs he laid
N-"AndHisLegs"14; E503|
And Stewhards Eggs are addled & decayd t1299
N-"AndHisLegs"15; E504|
The Examiner whose very name is Hunt t1300
N-"AndHisLegs"16; E504|
Calld Death a Madman trembling for the affront t1301
N-"AndHisLegs"17; E504|
Like trembling Hare sits on his weakly paper
N-"AndHisLegs"18; E504|
On which he usd to dance & sport & caper
N-"AndHisLegs"19; E504|
Yorkshire Jack Hemp & gentle blushing Daw
N-"AndHisLegs"20; E504|
Clapd Death into the corner of their jaw
N-"AndHisLegs"21; E504|
And Felpham Billy rode out every morn
N-"AndHisLegs"22; E504|
Horseback with Death over the fields of corn
N-"AndHisLegs"23; E504|
Who with iron hand cuffd in the afternoon
N-"AndHisLegs"24; E504|
The Ears of Billys Lawyer & Dragoon
N-"AndHisLegs"25; E504|
And Cur my Lawyer & Dady Jack Hemps Parson t1302
N-"AndHisLegs"26; E504|
Both went to Law with Death to keep our Ears on
N-"AndHisLegs"27; E504|
For how to starve Death we had laid a plot
N-"AndHisLegs"28; E504|
Against his Price but Death was in the Pot
N-"AndHisLegs"29; E504|
He made them pay his Price alack a day
N-"AndHisLegs"30; E504|
He knew both Law & Gospel better than they
N-"AndHisLegs"31; E504|
O that I neer ha[d] seen that William Blake
N-"AndHisLegs"32; E504|
Or could from death Assassinetti wake
N-"AndHisLegs"33; E504|
We thought Alas that such a thought should be
N-"AndHisLegs"34; E504|
That Blake would Etch for him & draw for me
N-"AndHisLegs"35; E504|
For twas a kind of Bargain Screwmuch made
N-"AndHisLegs"36; E504|
That Blakes Designs should be by us displayed
N-"AndHisLegs"37; E504|
Because he makes designs so very cheap
N-"AndHisLegs"38; E504|
Then Screwmuch at Blakes soul took a long leap
N-"AndHisLegs"39; E504|
Twas not a Mouse twas Death in a disguise
N-"AndHisLegs"40; E504|
And I alas live to weep out mine Eyes
N-"AndHisLegs"41; E504|
And Death sits laughing on their Monuments t1303
N-"AndHisLegs"42; E504|
On which hes written Recievd the Contents t1304
N-"AndHisLegs"43; E504|
But I have writ so sorrowful my thought is t1305
N-"AndHisLegs"44; E504|
His Epitaph for my tears are aqua fortis
N-"AndHisLegs"45; E504|
Come Artists knock your heads against This stone t1306
N-"AndHisLegs"46; E504|
For Sorrow that our friend Bob Screwmuchs gone t1307
N-"AndHisLegs"47; E504|
And now the Men upon me smile & Laugh
N-"AndHisLegs"48; E504|
Ill also write my own dear Epitaph
N-"AndHisLegs"49; E504|
And Ill be buried near a Dike
N-"AndHisLegs"50; E504|
That my friends may weep as much as they like
N-"AndHisLegs"51; E504|
Here lies Stewhard the Friend of All &c t1308
ED; E504|
*
N-"WasI_angry"1; E504|
Was I angry with Hayley who usd me so in
N-"WasI_angry"2; E504|
Or can I be angry with Felphams old Mill t1309
N-"WasI_angry"3; E504|
Or angry with Flaxman or Cromek or Stothard
N-"WasI_angry"4; E504|
Or poor Schiavonetti whom they to death botherd
N-"WasI_angry"5; E504|
Or angry with Macklin or Boydel or Bowyer t1310
N-"WasI_angry"6; E504|
Because they did not say O what a Beau ye are t1311
N-"WasI_angry"7; E504|
At a Friends Errors Anger shew
N-"WasI_angry"8; E504|
Mirth at the Errors of a Foe
N-title; E505|
Blakes apology for his Catalogue t1312
N-Blake'sApology1; E505|
Having given great offence by writing in Prose
N-Blake'sApology2; E505|
Ill write in Verse as Soft as Bartolloze t1313
N-Blake'sApology3; E505|
Some blush at what others can see no crime in
N-Blake'sApology4; E505|
But nobody sees any harm in Rhyming
N-Blake'sApology5; E505|
Dryden in Rhyme cries Milton only plannd
N-Blake'sApology6; E505|
Every Fool shook his bells throughout the land
N-Blake'sApology7; E505|
Tom Cooke cut Hogarth down with his clean graving
N-Blake'sApology8; E505|
Thousands of Connoisseurs with joy ran raving t1314
N-Blake'sApology9; E505|
Thus Hayley on his Toilette seeing the Sope
N-Blake'sApology10; E505|
Cries Homer is very much improvd by Pope t1315
N-Blake'sApology11; E505|
Some say Ive given great Provision to my foes t1316
N-Blake'sApology12; E505|
And that now I lead my false friends by the nose t1317
N-Blake'sApology13; E505|
Flaxman & Stothard smelling a sweet savour
N-Blake'sApology14; E505|
Cry Blakified drawing spoils painter & Engraver
N-Blake'sApology15; E505|
While I looking up to my Umbrella
N-Blake'sApology16; E505|
Resolvd to be a very contrary fellow
N-Blake'sApology17; E505|
Cry looking quite from Skumference to Center t1318
N-Blake'sApology18; E505|
No one can finish so high as the original Inventor
N-Blake'sApology19; E505|
Thus Poor Schiavonetti died of the Cromek
N-Blake'sApology20; E505|
A thing thats tied around the Examiners neck t1319
N-Blake'sApology21; E505|
This is my sweet apology to my friends
N-Blake'sApology22; E505|
That I may put them in mind of their latter Ends
ED; E505|
*
N-"CoswayFrazer"1; E505|
Cosway Frazer & Baldwin of Egypts Lake
N-"CoswayFrazer"2; E505|
Fear to Associate with Blake
N-"CoswayFrazer"3; E505|
This Life is a Warfare against Evils
N-"CoswayFrazer"4; E505|
They heal the sick he casts out Devils
N-"CoswayFrazer"5; E505|
Hayley Flaxman & Stothard are also in doubt
N-"CoswayFrazer"6; E505|
Lest their Virtue should be put to the rout
N-"CoswayFrazer"7; E505|
One grins tother spits & in corners hides t1320
N-"CoswayFrazer"8; E505|
And all the Virtuous have shewn their backsides t1321
ED; E505|
*
N-"MyTitleAs"1; E505|
My title as [a] Genius thus is provd t1322
N-"MyTitleAs"2; E505|
Not Praisd by Hayley nor by Flaxman lovd
ED; E505|
*
N-title; E505|
To H t1323
N-ToH1; E505|
You think Fuseli is not a Great Painter Im Glad
N-ToH2; E505|
This is one of the best compliments he ever had
ED; E505|
*
N-"P---LovedMe"1; E505|
P----loved me, not as he lovd his Friends t1324
N-"P---LovedMe"2; E505|
For he lovd them for gain to serve his Ends
N-"P---LovedMe"3; E506|
He loved me and for no Gain at all t1325
N-"P---LovedMe"4; E506|
But to rejoice & triumph in my fall
N-"P---LovedMe"5; E506|
To forgive Enemies H . does pretend
N-"P---LovedMe"6; E506|
Who never in his Life forgave a friend
ED; E506|
*
N-"TheSussexMen"1; E506|
The Sussex Men are Noted Fools
N-"TheSussexMen"2; E506|
And weak is their brain pan
N-"TheSussexMen"3; E506|
I wonder if H----the painter t1326
N-"TheSussexMen"4; E506|
Is not a Sussex Man
ED; E506|
* t1327
N-OfH'sBirth1; E506|
Of H s birth this was the happy lot
N-OfH'sBirth2; E506|
His Mother on his Father him begot
ED; E506|
*
N-title; E506|
On H----ys Friendship
N-OnH----ysFriendship1; E506|
When H----y finds out what you cannot do
N-OnH----ysFriendship2; E506|
That is the Very thing hell set you to
N-OnH----ysFriendship3; E506|
If you break not your Neck tis not his fault
N-OnH----ysFriendship4; E506|
But pecks of poison are not pecks of salt t1328
N-OnH----ysFriendship5; E506|
And when he could not act upon my wife
N-OnH----ysFriendship6; E506|
Hired a Villain to bereave my Life
ED; E506|
*
N-title; E506|
To H-----
N-ToH-----1; E506|
Thy Friendship oft has made my heart to ake
N-ToH-----2; E506|
Do be my Enemy for Friendships sake
ED; E506|
*
N-title; E506|
On H----- the Pick thank
N-OnH-----The1; E506|
I write the Rascal Thanks till he & I
N-OnH-----The2; E506|
With Thanks & Compliments are quite drawn dry
ED; E506|
*
N-title; E506|
Imitation of Pope A Compliment to the Ladies
N-ImitationOfPope1; E506|
Wondrous the Gods more wondrous are the Men
N-ImitationOfPope2; E506|
More Wondrous Wondrous still the Cock & Hen
N-ImitationOfPope3; E506|
More wondrous still the Table Stool & Chair
N-ImitationOfPope4; E506|
But Ah More wondrous still the Charming Fair
ED; E507|
*
N-title; E507|
William Cowper Esqre t1329
N-WilliamCowperEsq1; E507|
For this is being a Friend just in the nick
N-WilliamCowperEsq2; E507|
Not when hes well but waiting till hes sick
N-WilliamCowperEsq3; E507|
He calls you to his help be you not movd t1330
N-WilliamCowperEsq4; E507|
Untill by being Sick his wants are provd t1331
N-WilliamCowperEsq5; E507|
You see him spend his Soul in Prophecy
N-WilliamCowperEsq6; E507|
Do you believe it a Confounded lie
N-WilliamCowperEsq7; E507|
Till some Bookseller & the Public Fame
N-WilliamCowperEsq8; E507|
Proves there is truth in his extravagant claim
N-WilliamCowperEsq9; E507|
For tis atrocious in a Friend you love t1332
N-WilliamCowperEsq10; E507|
To tell you any thing that he cant prove
N-WilliamCowperEsq11; E507|
And tis most wicked in a Christian Nation
N-WilliamCowperEsq12; E507|
For any Man to pretend to Inspiration
ED; E507|
*
N-"TheOnlyMan"1; E507|
The only Man that eer I knew
N-"TheOnlyMan"2; E507|
Who did not make me almost spew
N-"TheOnlyMan"3; E507|
Was Fuseli he was both Turk & Jew
N-"TheOnlyMan"4; E507|
And so dear Christian Friends how do you do t1333
ED; E507|
*
N-"MadmanI_Have"1; E507|
Madman I have been calld Fool they Call thee
N-"MadmanI_Have"2; E507|
I wonder which they Envy Thee or Me
ED; E507|
*
N-title; E507|
To F------ t1334
N-ToF------[a]1; E507|
I mock thee not tho I by thee am Mocked
N-ToF------[a]2; E507|
Thou callst me Madman but I call thee Blockhead
ED; E507|
*
N-"HesABlockhead"1; E507|
Hes a Blockhead who wants a proof of what he Can't Percieve
N-"HesABlockhead"2; E507|
And he's a Fool who tries to make such a Blockhead believe
t1335
ED; E507|
*
N-title; E507|
To Nancy F------ t1336
N-ToNancyF------1; E507|
How can I help thy Husbands copying Me
N-ToNancyF------2; E507|
Should that make difference twixt me & Thee
ED; E508|
*
N-title; E508|
To F------
N-ToF------[b]1; E508|
You call me Mad tis Folly to do so
N-ToF------[b]2; E508|
To seek to turn a Madman to a Foe
N-ToF------[b]3; E508|
If you think as you speak you are an Ass
N-ToF------[b]4; E508|
If you do not you are but what you was t1337
ED; E508|
*
N-"S------InChildhood"1; E508|
S------- in Childhood on the Nursery floor t1338
N-"S------InChildhood"2; E508|
Was extreme Old & most extremely poor
N-"S------InChildhood"3; E508|
He is grown old & rich & what he will
N-"S------InChildhood"4; E508|
He is extreme old & extreme poor still
ED; E508|
* t1339
N-"HeHasObserved"1; E508|
He has observd the Golden Rule
N-"HeHasObserved"2; E508|
Till hes become the Golden Fool
ED; E508|
*
N-title; E508|
To S------d t1340
N-ToS------d1; E508|
You all your Youth observed the Golden Rule t1341
N-ToS------d2; E508|
Till youre at last become the golden Fool t1342
N-ToS------d3; E508|
I sport with Fortune Merry Blithe & Gay
N-ToS------d4; E508|
Like to the Lion Sporting with his Prey
N-ToS------d5; E508|
Take you the hide & horns which you may wear t1343
N-ToS------d6; E508|
Mine is the flesh the bones may be your Share t1344
ED; E508|
*
N-title; E508|
On S------- t1345
N-OnS-------1; E508|
You say reserve & modesty he has
N-OnS-------2; E508|
Whose heart is iron his head wood & his face brass t1346
N-OnS-------3; E508|
The Fox the Owl the Beetle & the Bat
N-OnS-------4; E508|
By sweet reserve & modesty get Fat t1347
ED; E508|
*
N-"OldAcquaintance"1; E508|
old acquaintance well renew t1348
N-"OldAcquaintance"2; E508|
Prospero had One Caliban & I have Two
ED; E508|
*
N-title; E508|
On F------ & S------- t1349
N-OnF------&S-------1; E508|
I found them blind I taught them how to see t1350
N-OnF------&S-------2; E508|
And now they know neither themselves nor me t1351
N-OnF------&S-------3; E509|
Tis Excellent to turn a thorn to a pin
N-OnF------&S-------4; E509|
A Fool to a bolt a knave to a glass of gin t1352
ED; E509|
*
N-title; E509|
Mr Stothard to Mr Cromek t1353
N-MrStothardTo1; E509|
For Fortunes favours you your riches bring
N-MrStothardTo2; E509|
But Fortune says she gave you no such thing
N-MrStothardTo3; E509|
Why should you be ungrateful to your friends
N-MrStothardTo4; E509|
Sneaking & Backbiting & Odds & Ends t1354
N-title; E509|
Mr Cromek to Mr Stothard
N-MrCromekTo1; E509|
Fortune favours the Brave old Proverbs say
N-MrCromekTo2; E509|
But not with Money. that is not the way
N-MrCromekTo3; E509|
Turn back turn back you travel all in vain
N-MrCromekTo4; E509|
Turn thro the iron gate down Sneaking Lane
ED; E509|
*
N-"Cr----Loves"1; E509|
Cr---- loves artists as he loves his Meat
N-"Cr----Loves"2; E509|
He loves the Art but tis the Art to Cheat t1355
ED; E509|
*
N-"APettySneaking"1; E509|
A Petty sneaking Knave I knew
N-"APettySneaking"2; E509|
O Mr Cr---- how do ye do
ED; E509|
*
N-title; E509|
Cromek Speaks t1356
N-CromekSpeaks1; E509|
I always take my judgment from a Fool
N-CromekSpeaks2; E509|
Because his judgment is so very Cool t1357
N-CromekSpeaks3; E509|
Not prejudicd by feelings great or small
N-CromekSpeaks4; E509|
Amiable state he cannot feel at all t1358
ED; E509|
*
N-title-1st; E509|
English Encouragement of Art t1359
ED; E509|
[First reading]
N-EngEncourArt[1st]1; E509|
If you mean to Please Every body you will
N-EngEncourArt[1st]2; E509|
Set to work both Ignorance & skill
N-EngEncourArt[1st]3; E509|
For a great multitude are Ignorant t1360
N-EngEncourArt[1st]4; E509|
And skill to them seems raving & rant
N-EngEncourArt[1st]5; E509|
Like putting oil & water into a lamp
N-EngEncourArt[1st]6; E509|
Twill make a great splutter with smoke & damp
N-EngEncourArt[1st]7; E509|
For there is no use as it seems to me
N-EngEncourArt[1st]8; E509|
Of lighting a Lamp when you dont wish to see
ED; E510|
[Final reading]
N-title-2nd; E510|
English Encouragement of Art
N-EngEncourArt[2nd]subt; E510|
Cromeks opinions put into Rhyme
N-EngEncourArt[2nd]1; E510|
If you mean to Please Every body you will
N-EngEncourArt[2nd]2; E510|
Menny wouver both Bunglishness & skill t1361
N-EngEncourArt[2nd]3; E510|
For a great Conquest are Bunglery
N-EngEncourArt[2nd]4; E510|
And Jenous looks to ham like mad Rantery t1362
N-EngEncourArt[2nd]5; E510|
Like displaying oil & water into a lamp
N-EngEncourArt[2nd]6; E510|
Twill hold forth a huge splutter with smoke & damp
N-EngEncourArt[2nd]7; E510|
For its all sheer loss as it seems to me
N-EngEncourArt[2nd]8; E510|
Of displaying up a light when we want not to see
ED; E510|
*
N-"WhenYouLook"1; E510|
When you look at a picture you always can see
N-"WhenYouLook"2; E510|
If a Man of Sense has Painted he
N-"WhenYouLook"3; E510|
Then never flinch but keep up a Jaw
N-"WhenYouLook"4; E510|
About freedom & jenny suck awa' t1363
N-"WhenYouLook"5; E510|
And when it smells of the Lamp we can t1364
N-"WhenYouLook"6; E510|
Say all was owing to the Skilful Man
N-"WhenYouLook"7; E510|
For the smell of water is but small
N-"WhenYouLook"8; E510|
So een let Ignorance do it all
ED; E510|
*
N; E510|
The Cunning sures & the Aim at yours t1365
ED; E510|
*
N-"AllPicturesThats"1; E510|
All Pictures thats Panted with Sense & with Thought t1366
N-"AllPicturesThats"2; E510|
Are Painted by Madmen as sure as a Groat
N-"AllPicturesThats"3; E510|
For the Greater the Fool in the Pencil more blest
N-"AllPicturesThats"4; E510|
And when they are drunk they always pant best
N-"AllPicturesThats"5; E510|
Thy never can Rafael it Fuseli it nor Blake it
N-"AllPicturesThats"6; E510|
If they cant see an outline pray how can they make it
N-"AllPicturesThats"7; E510|
When Men will draw outlines begin you to jaw them
N-"AllPicturesThats"8; E510|
Madmen see outlines & therefore they draw them
ED; E510|
*
N-"YouSayTheir"1; E510|
You say their Pictures well Painted be
N-"YouSayTheir"2; E510|
And yet they are Blockheads you all agree
N-"YouSayTheir"3; E510|
Thank God I never was sent to school
N-"YouSayTheir"4; E510|
To be Flogd into following the Style of a Fool t1367
ED; E510|
*
N-"TheErrors"1; E510|
The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule
N-"TheErrors"2; E510|
Rather than the Perfections of a Fool
ED; E511|
*
N-"GreatThings"1; E511|
Great things are done when Men & Mountains meet
N-"GreatThings"2; E511|
This is not Done by jostling in the Street
ED; E511|
*
N-"IfYouPlay"1; E511|
If you play a Game of Chance know before you begin
N-"IfYouPlay"2; E511|
If you are benevolent you will never win
ED; E511|
*
N-"NoRealStyle"1; E511|
No real Style of Colouring ever appears
N-"NoRealStyle"2; E511|
But advertising in the News Papers
N-"NoRealStyle"3; E511|
Look there youll see Sr Joshuas Colouring
N-"NoRealStyle"4; E511|
Look at his Pictures All has taken Wing t1368
ED; E511|
*
N-"CanThereBe"1; E511|
Can there be any thing more mean
N-"CanThereBe"2; E511|
More Malice in disguise
N-"CanThereBe"3; E511|
Than Praise a Man for doing what t1369
N-"CanThereBe"4; E511|
That Man does most despise
N-"CanThereBe"5; E511|
Reynolds Lectures Exactly so t1370
N-"CanThereBe"6; E511|
When he praises Michael Angelo
ED; E511|
* t1371
N-"SirJoshuaPraises"1; E511|
Sir Joshua Praises Michael Angelo
N-"SirJoshuaPraises"2; E511|
Tis Christian Mildness when Knaves Praise a Foe t1372
N-"SirJoshuaPraises"3; E511|
But Twould be Madness all the World would say t1373
N-"SirJoshuaPraises"4; E511|
Should Michael Angelo praise Sir Joshua t1374
N-"SirJoshuaPraises"5; E511|
Christ usd the Pharisees in a rougher way t1375
ED; E511|
*
N-"SirJoshuaPraised"1; E511|
Sir Jo[s]hua praised Rubens with a Smile
N-"SirJoshuaPraised"2; E511|
By Calling his the ornamental Style
N-"SirJoshuaPraised"3; E511|
And yet his praise of Flaxman was the smartest t1376
N-"SirJoshuaPraised"4; E511|
When he calld him the Ornamental Artist
N-"SirJoshuaPraised"5; E511|
But sure such ornaments we well may spare
N-"SirJoshuaPraised"6; E511|
As Crooked limbs & louzy heads of hair t1377
ED; E511|
*
N-title; E511|
Florentine Ingratitude
N-FlorentineIngrat1; E511|
Sir Joshua sent his own Portrait to
N-FlorentineIngrat2; E511|
The birth Place of Michael Angelo
N-FlorentineIngrat3; E511|
And in the hand of the simpering fool
N-FlorentineIngrat4; E511|
He put a Dirty paper scroll
N-FlorentineIngrat5; E511|
And on the paper to be polite
N-FlorentineIngrat6; E511|
Did Sketches by Michel Angelo write t1378
N-FlorentineIngrat7; E511|
The Florentines said Tis a Dutch English bore
N-FlorentineIngrat8; E512|
Michael Angelos Name writ on Rembrandts door
N-FlorentineIngrat9; E512|
The Florentines call it an English Fetch
N-FlorentineIngrat10; E512|
For Michael Angelo did never Sketch
N-FlorentineIngrat11; E512|
Every line of his has Meaning
N-FlorentineIngrat12; E512|
And needs neither Suckling nor Weaning
N-FlorentineIngrat13; E512|
Tis the trading English Venetian Cant t1379
N-FlorentineIngrat14; E512|
To speak Michael Angelo & Act Rembrandt
N-FlorentineIngrat15; E512|
It will set his Dutch friends all in a roar
N-FlorentineIngrat16; E512|
To write Mch Ang on Rembrandts Door
N-FlorentineIngrat17; E512|
But You must not bring in your hand a Lie
N-FlorentineIngrat18; E512|
If you mean that the Florentines should buy
N-FlorentineIngrat19; E512|
Ghiottos Circle or Apelles Line
N-FlorentineIngrat20; E512|
Were not the Work of Sketchers drunk with Wine
N-FlorentineIngrat21; E512|
Nor of the City Clarks merry hearted Fashion
N-FlorentineIngrat22; E512|
Nor of Sir Isaac Newtons Calculation
N-FlorentineIngrat23; E512|
Nor of the City Clarks Idle Facilities t1380
N-FlorentineIngrat24; E512|
Which sprang from Sir Isaac Newtons great Abilities
N-FlorentineIngrat25; E512|
These Verses were written by a very Envious Man t1381
N-FlorentineIngrat26; E512|
Who whatever likeness he may have to Michael Angelo
N-FlorentineIngrat27; E512|
Never can have any to Sir Jehoshuan
ED; E512|
*
N-title; E512|
A Pitiful Case t1382
N-APitifulCase1; E512|
The Villain at the Gallows tree
N-APitifulCase2; E512|
When he is doomd to die
N-APitifulCase3; E512|
To assuage his misery
N-APitifulCase4; E512|
In Virtues praise does cry
N-APitifulCase5; E512|
So Reynolds when he came to die
N-APitifulCase6; E512|
To assuage his bitter woe:
N-APitifulCase7; E512|
Thus aloud did howl & cry t1383
N-APitifulCase8; E512|
Michael Angelo Michael Angelo
ED; E512|
*
N-title; E512|
To the Royal Academy
N-ToTheRoyalAcademy1; E512|
A strange Erratum in all the Editions
N-ToTheRoyalAcademy2; E512|
Of Sir Joshua Reynoldss Lectures
N-ToTheRoyalAcademy3; E512|
Shou[l]d be corrected by the Young Gentlemen
N-ToTheRoyalAcademy4; E512|
And the Royal Academys Directors
N-ToTheRoyalAcademy5; E512|
Instead of Michael Angelo
N-ToTheRoyalAcademy6; E512|
Read Rembrandt for it is fit t1384
N-ToTheRoyalAcademy7; E512|
To make meer common honesty t1385
N-ToTheRoyalAcademy8; E512|
In all that he has writ
ED; E513|
*
N-"TheCrippleEveryStep"1; E513|
The Cripple every Step Drudges & labours
N-"TheCrippleEveryStep"2; E513|
And says come learn to walk of me Good Neighbours
N-"TheCrippleEveryStep"3; E513|
Sir Joshua in astonishment cries out
N-"TheCrippleEveryStep"4; E513|
See what Great Labour Pain him & Modest Doubt
N-"TheCrippleEveryStep"5; E513|
Newton & Bacon cry being badly Nurst.
N-"TheCrippleEveryStep"6; E513|
He is all Experiments from last to first
N-"TheCrippleEveryStep"7; E513|
He walks & stumbles as if he crep
N-"TheCrippleEveryStep"8; E513|
And how high labourd is every step
ED; E513|
[For other verses on Joshua Reynolds see Marginalia, pages 641, 642, 656.]
ED; E513|
*
N-"I_RubensAm"1; E513|
I Rubens am a Statesman & a Saint t1386
N-"I_RubensAm"2; E513|
Deceptions? O no--so I'll learn to Paint t1387
ED; E513|
*
N-title; E513|
To English Connoisseurs
N-"ToEngConnoisseurs"1; E513|
You must agree that Rubens was a Fool
N-"ToEngConnoisseurs"2; E513|
And yet you make him master of Your School
N-"ToEngConnoisseurs"3; E513|
And give more money for his Slobberings
N-"ToEngConnoisseurs"4; E513|
Than you will give for Rafaels finest Things
N-"ToEngConnoisseurs"5; E513|
I understood Christ was a Carpenter
N-"ToEngConnoisseurs"6; E513|
And not a Brewers Servant my good Sir
ED; E513|
*
N-"SwelledLimbs"1; E513|
Swelld limbs with no outline that you can descry
N-"SwelledLimbs"2; E513|
That Stink in the Nose of a Stander by
N-"SwelledLimbs"3; E513|
But all the Pulp washd painted finishd with labour
N-"SwelledLimbs"4; E513|
Of an hundred journeymens how dye do Neighbour
ED; E513|
*
N-title-PrettyEpigram1; E513|
A Pretty Epigram for the Entertainment of those who have Paid
t1388
N-title-PrettyEpigram1; E513|
Great Sums in the Venetian & Flemish Ooze
N-APrettyEpigram1; E513|
Nature & Art in this together Suit
N-APrettyEpigram2; E513|
What is Most Grand is always most Minute
N-APrettyEpigram3; E513|
Rubens thinks Tables Chairs & Stools are Grand
N-APrettyEpigram4; E513|
But Rafael thinks A Head a foot a hand
ED; E513|
*
N-"TheseAreThe"1; E513|
These are the Idiots chiefest arts t1389
N-"TheseAreThe"2; E513|
To blend & not define the Parts
N-"TheseAreThe"3; E513|
The Swallow sings in Courts of Kings
N-"TheseAreThe"4; E513|
That Fools have their high finishings
N-"TheseAreThe"5; E513|
And this the Princes golden rule
N-"TheseAreThe"6; E514|
The Laborious stumble of a Fool
N-"TheseAreThe"7; E514|
To make out the parts is the wise mans aim
N-"TheseAreThe"8; E514|
But to lose them the Fool makes his foolish Game
ED; E514|
*
N-"RafaelSublime"1; E514|
Rafael Sublime Majestic Graceful Wise
N-"RafaelSublime"2; E514|
His Executive Power must I despise t1390
N-"RafaelSublime"3; E514|
Rubens Low Vulgar Stupid Ignorant
N-"RafaelSublime"4; E514|
His power of Execution I must grant
N-"RafaelSublime"5; E514|
Learn the Laborious stumble of a Fool t1391
N-"RafaelSublime"6; E514|
And from an Idiots Actions form my rule
N-"RafaelSublime"7; E514|
Go send your Children to the Slobbering School
ED; E514|
*
N-title; E514|
On the Great Encouragement
N-title-GreatEncour2; E514|
Given by English Nobility & Gentry to Correggio Rubens
t1392
N-title-GreatEncour3; E514|
Rembrandt Reynolds Gainsborough Catalani
N-title-GreatEncour4; E514|
DuCrowe & Dilberry Doodle
N-OnTheGreatEncour1; E514|
As the Ignorant Savage will sell his own Wife
N-OnTheGreatEncour2; E514|
For a Sword or a Cutlass a dagger or Knife t1393
N-OnTheGreatEncour3; E514|
So the Taught Savage Englishman spends his whole Fortune t1394
N-OnTheGreatEncour4; E514|
On a smear or a squall to destroy Picture or Tune t1395
N-OnTheGreatEncour5; E514|
And I call upon Colonel Wardle
N-OnTheGreatEncour6; E514|
To give these Rascals a dose of Cawdle
ED; E514|
*
N-"GivePensionsTo"1; E514|
Give pensions to the Learned Pig
N-"GivePensionsTo"2; E514|
Or the Hare playing on a Tabor
N-"GivePensionsTo"3; E514|
Anglus can never see Perfection
N-"GivePensionsTo"4; E514|
But in the Journeymans Labour
ED; E514|
*
N-"WhenI_See"1; E514|
When I see a Rubens Rembrant Correggio t1396
N-"WhenI_See"2; E514|
I think of the Crippled Harry & Slobbering Joe
N-"WhenI_See"3; E514|
And then I question thus are artists rules t1397
N-"WhenI_See"4; E514|
To be drawn from the works of two manifest fools
N-"WhenI_See"5; E514|
Then God defend us from the Arts I say
N-"WhenI_See"6; E514|
Send Battle Murder Sudden Death O pray t1398
N-"WhenI_See"7; E514|
Rather than be such a blind Human Fool t1399
N-"WhenI_See"8; E514|
Id be an Ass a Hog a Worm a Chair a Stool
ED; E514|
*
N-"DelicateHands"1; E514|
Delicate Hands & Heads will never appear
N-"DelicateHands"2; E514|
While Titians &c as in the Book of Moonlight p 5 t1400
ED; E515|
* t1401
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"1; E515|
I askd my Dear Friend Orator Prigg
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"2; E515|
Whats the first part of Oratory he said a great wig
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"3; E515|
And what is the second then dancing a jig
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"4; E515|
And bowing profoundly he said a great wig
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"5; E515|
And what is the third then he snord like a pig
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"6; E515|
And puffing his cheeks he replied a Great wig t1402
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"7; E515|
So if a Great Panter with Questions you push
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"8; E515|
Whats the first Part of Panting hell say a Pant Brush
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"9; E515|
And what is the second with most modest blush
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"10; E515|
Hell smile like a Cherub & say a pant Brush t1403
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"11; E515|
And what is the third hell bow like a rush
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"12; E515|
With a lear in his Eye hell reply a Pant Brush
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"13; E515|
Perhaps this is all a Painter can want
N-"I_AskdMyDearFriend"14; E515|
But look yonder that house is the house of Rembrant
ED; E515|
* t1404
N-"ODearMotherOutline"1; E515|
O dear Mother outline of knowledge most sage t1405
N-"ODearMotherOutline"2; E515|
Whats the First Part of Painting she said Patronage
N-"ODearMotherOutline"3; E515|
And what is the second to Please & Engage t1406
N-"ODearMotherOutline"4; E515|
She frownd like a Fury & said Patronage
N-"ODearMotherOutline"5; E515|
And what is the Third she put off Old Age
N-"ODearMotherOutline"6; E515|
And smild like a Syren & said Patronage
ED; E515|
*
N-title; E515|
To Venetian Artists
N-ToVenetianArtists1; E515|
That God is Colouring Newton does shew t1407
N-ToVenetianArtists2; E515|
And the devil is a Black outline all of us know
N-ToVenetianArtists3; E515|
Perhaps this little Fable may make us merry
N-ToVenetianArtists4; E515|
A dog went over the water without a wherry
N-ToVenetianArtists5; E515|
A bone which he had stolen he had in his mouth
N-ToVenetianArtists6; E515|
He cared not whether the wind was north or south
N-ToVenetianArtists7; E515|
As he swam he saw the reflection of the bone
N-ToVenetianArtists8; E515|
This is quite Perfection, one Generalizing Tone t1408
N-ToVenetianArtists9; E515|
Outline Theres no outline Theres no such thing t1409
N-ToVenetianArtists10; E515|
All is Chiaro Scuro Poco Piu its all Colouring
N-ToVenetianArtists11; E515|
Snap. Snap! he has lost shadow & substance too t1410
N-ToVenetianArtists12; E515|
He had them both before now how do ye do
N-ToVenetianArtists13; E515|
A great deal better than I was before
N-ToVenetianArtists14; E515|
Those who taste colouring love it more & more t1411
ED; E515|
*
N-"GreatMen&Fools"1; E515|
Great Men & Fools do often me Inspire
N-"GreatMen&Fools"2; E515|
But the Greater Fool the Greater Liar
N-"SomePeople"1; E516|
Some people admire the work of a Fool
N-"SomePeople"2; E516|
For its sure to keep your judgment cool
N-"SomePeople"3; E516|
It does not reproach you with want of wit
N-"SomePeople"4; E516|
It is not like a lawyer serving a writ
ED; E516|
*
N-"HerWholeLife"1; E516|
Her whole Life is an Epigram smack smooth & nobly pend
t1412
N-"HerWholeLife"2; E516|
Platted quite neat to catch applause with a sliding noose at the end
ED; E516|
*
N-"WhenAMan"1; E516|
When a Man has Married a Wife
N-"WhenAMan"2; E516|
he finds out whether
N-"WhenAMan"3; E516|
Her knees & elbows are only
N-"WhenAMan"4; E516|
glued together t1413
ED; E516|
*
N-"GrownOld"1; E516|
Grown old in Love from Seven till Seven times Seven
N-"GrownOld"2; E516|
I oft have wishd for Hell for Ease from Heaven
ED; E516|
*
N-"TheHebrewNation"1; E516|
The Hebrew Nation did not write it
N-"TheHebrewNation"2; E516|
Avarice & Chastity did shite it
ED; E516|
*
N-title; E516|
To God
N-ToGod1; E516|
If you have formd a Circle to go into
N-ToGod2; E516|
Go into it yourself & see how you would do
ED; E516|
*
N-"SinceAllTheRiches"1; E516|
Since all the Riches of this World t1414
N-"SinceAllTheRiches"2; E516|
May be gifts from the Devil & Earthly Kings
N-"SinceAllTheRiches"3; E516|
I should suspect that I worshipd the Devil
N-"SinceAllTheRiches"4; E516|
If I thankd my God for Worldly things t1415
ED; E516|
*
N-"ToChloesBreast"1; E516|
To Chloes breast young Cupid slily stole
N-"ToChloesBreast"2; E516|
But he crept in at Myras pocket hole
ED; E517|
*
title; E517|
The Phoenix to Mrs Butts t1416
PhoenixToMrsButts1; E517|
I saw a Bird rise from the East
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As a Bird rises from its Nest
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With sweetest Songs I ever heard
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It sang I am Mrs Butts's Bird
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And then I saw a Fairy gay
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That with this beauteous Bird would play
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From a golden cloud she came
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She calld the sweet Bird by its name
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She call'd it Phoenix! Heavens Dove!
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She call'd it all the names of Love
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But the Bird flew fast away
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Where little Children sport & play
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And they strok'd it with their hands
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All their cooe's it understands
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The Fairy to my bosom flew
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Weeping tears of morning dew
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I said: Thou foolish whimpring thing
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Is not that thy Fairy Ring
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Where those Children sport & play
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In Fairy fancies light & gay
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Seem a Child & be a Child
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And the Phoenix is beguild
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But if thou seem'st a Fairy thing
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Then it flies on glancing Wing
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WILLIAM BLAKE
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Nail his neck to the Cross nail it with a nail
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Nail his neck to the Cross ye all have power over his tail
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A Woman Scaly & a Man all Hairy
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Is such a Match as he who dares
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Will find the Womans Scales Scrape off the Mans Hairs
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The Washer Womans Song
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I washd them out & washd them in
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And they told me it was a great Sin