When you look at a picture you always can see
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WHEN you look at a picture, you always can see
If a man of sense has painted he.
Then never flinch, but keep up a jaw
About freedom, and ‘Jenny sink awa’.’[2]
5As when it smells of the lamp, we can
Say all was owing to the skilful man;
For the smell of water is but small:
So e’en let ignorance do it all.
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When you look at a picture you always can see
If a Man of Sense has Painted he
Then never flinch but keep up a Jaw
About freedom & jenny suck awa'[4]
5 And when it smells of the Lamp we can[5]
Say all was owing to the Skilful Man
For the smell of water is but small
So een let Ignorance do it 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- ↑ The Poetical Works of William Blake, including the unpublished French Revolution together with the Minor Prophetic Books and Selections from The Four Zoas, Milton & Jerusalem; edited with an introduction and textual notes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.
- ↑ 4 Jenny sink awa’] i. e. ‘Je ne sais quoi’. 5 we] all MS. 1st rdg. del.
- ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 510.
- ↑ 4 Jenny suck awa'] for Je ne sais quois
- ↑ 5 can] will 1st rdg del
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