cxxi
1 If men will act like a maid smiling over a churn,
They ought not, when it comes to another's turn,
To grow sour at what a friend may utter,
Knowing and feeling that we all have need of Butter.
5 False Friends, fie I fie! Our Friendship you shan't sever ; 5
In spite we will be greater friends than ever.
MS. Book, p. 65. Perhaps a continuation of cxx. Printed here for the
first time.
5 fie ! fie !] O no ! MS. Book st rdg. del. you shan't] ne'er shall
MS. Book 1st rdg. del. 6 In spite] For now MS. Book 1st rdg. del.
cxxii
Call that the Public Voice which is their Error ?
Like as a Monkey, peeping in a Mirror,
Admires all his colours brown & warm.
And never once perceives his ugly form.
MS. Book, p. 66. Written in continuation of a passage in Blake's Adver-
iisement, in which he says that ' Rafael and Michael Angelo abhorr'd studying
nature, as Vasari tells us.' Gil. i. 266 with title ' On Colourists, ' WMR
(' Epig.' vi) with title * Colour and Form,' EY i. 226.
2 Like as] Like to EY. 3 Admires] Admireth Gil.
cxxiii
Some people admire the work of a Fool,
For it 's sure to keep your judgment cool ;
It does not reproach you with want of wit ;
It is not like a lawyer serving a writ.
MS. Book, p. 70. DOR, WMR, EY, WBY('Coupl.'vii,ix,andio). Cp.
MS. Book, ciii, ll. 1, 2.
cxxv
To God
If you have form'd a Circle to go into.
Go into it yourself, & see how you would do.
MS. Book, p. 73. Only in EY i. 226.
2 how] what EY.
