Social Commentaries
Was I angry with Hayley who us'd me so ill
From The Rossetti Manuscript (c. 1793–1818)
Social Commentaries
Was I angry with Hayley who us'd me so ill,
Or can I be angry with Felpham's old Mill?
Or angry with Flaxman, or Cromek, or Stothard,
Or poor Schiavonetti, whom they to death bother'd?
Or angry with Macklin, or Boydel, or Bowyer,
Because they did not say 'O what a beau ye are'?
At a Friend's Errors anger shew,
Mirth at the Errors of a Foe.
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Blake, William. “Was I angry with Hayley who us'd me so ill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/159/.
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Blake, William. “Was I angry with Hayley who us'd me so ill.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/159/.
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