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From Notebook c.1808-1811 p.26. See also: Satiric verses and epigrams.

1546161Notebook c.1808-1811 11. "Can there be any thing more mean..."William Blake

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Blake manuscript - Notebook 1808 - 11 Can there any thig more mean

Edited text:[1]

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Can there be any thing more mean,
More Malice in disguise,
Than Praise a Man for doing what[2]
That Man[3] does most despise?
5 Reynolds[4] Lectures Exactly so[5]
When he praises Michael Angelo.

The original text:[6]

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Can there be any thing more mean
More Malice in disguise
Than Praise a Man for doing what
That Man does most despise
5 Reynolds Lectures Exactly so
When he praises Michael Angelo

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  1. ↑ "Blake Complete Writings", ed. Geoffrey Keynes, pub. OUP 1966/85, p. 539.
  2. ↑ [that del.]
  3. ↑ [Which he del.]
  4. ↑ [This del.]
  5. ↑ [plainly shew del.]
  6. ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 511.

 

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