Arts & Sciences
Can there be anything more mean
From The Rossetti Manuscript (c. 1793–1818)
Arts & Sciences
Can there be anything more mean,
More Malice in disguise,
Than Praise a Man for doing what
That Man does most despise?
Reynolds lectures exactly so
When he praises Michael Angelo.
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MLA
Blake, William. “Can there be anything more mean.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/165/.
Chicago
Blake, William. “Can there be anything more mean.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/165/.
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