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Notebook c.1808-1811 61. You say their Pictures well Painted be
by William Blake
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From Notebook c.1808-1811 p.42. See also: Satiric verses and epigrams.

1550277Notebook c.1808-1811 61. You say their Pictures well Painted beWilliam Blake

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Blake manuscript - Notebook - page 042

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YOU say their pictures well painted be,
And yet they are blockheads you all agree:
Thank God! I never was sent to school
To be flogg’d into following the style of a fool.[2]
5The errors of a wise man make your rule,
Rather than the perfections of a fool.

The original text:[3]

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You say their Pictures well Painted be
And yet they are Blockheads you all agree
Thank God I never was sent to school
To be Flogd into following the Style of a Fool[4]

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  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 ↑ The Poetical Works of William Blake, including the unpublished French Revolution together with the Minor Prophetic Books and Selections from The Four Zoas, Milton & Jerusalem; edited with an introduction and textual notes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. ↑ 4 To learn to admire the works of a fool MS. 1st rdg. del.
  3. ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 510.
  4. ↑ 4 To be Flogd . . . Fool] To learn to admire the works of a Fool 1st rdg del

 

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