Cromek Speaks
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Edited text:[1] edit
Cromek Speaks
I ALWAYS take my judgement from a fool
Because his judgement is so very cool;[2]
Not prejudiced by feelings great or small,
Amiable state![3] he cannot feel at all.
The original text:[4] edit
Cromek Speaks
I always take my judgment from a Fool
Because his judgment is so very Cool
Not prejudicd by feelings great or small
Amiable state he cannot feel at all
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Notes edit
- ↑ The Poetical Works of William Blake, including the unpublished French Revolution together with the Minor Prophetic Books and Selections from The Four Zoas, Milton & Jerusalem; edited with an introduction and textual notes by John Sampson, Hon. D.Litt. Oxon., 1862–1931. London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1908.
- ↑ Because I know he always judges cool MS. 1st rdg. del.
- ↑ Amiable state!] Because we know MS. 1st rdg. del.
- ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 509.
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