Social Commentaries

Was I angry with Hayley who us'd me so ill

by William Blake 1757–1827

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.

MLA

Blake, William. “Was I angry with Hayley who us'd me so ill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/159/.

Chicago

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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