The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule

1538523Notebook c.1808-1811 61a. The Errors of a Wise Man make your RuleWilliam Blake

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Blake manuscript - Notebook - page 042

Edited text:[1] edit

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The errors of a wise man make your rule,
Rather than the perfections of a fool.

The original text:[3] edit

 
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The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule
Rather than the Perfections of a Fool

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Notes edit

  1. The Poetical Works of William Blake, including the unpublished French Revolution together with the Minor Prophetic Books and Selections from The Four Zoas, Milton & Jerusalem; edited with an introduction and textual notes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.
  2. see previous poem: You say their Pictures well Painted be.
  3. "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 510.

 

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