Arts & Sciences
The Villain at the Gallows tree
From The Rossetti Manuscript (c. 1793–1818)
Arts & Sciences
The Villain at the Gallows tree,
When he is doom'd to die,
To assuage his misery
In virtue's praise does cry.
So Reynolds when he came to die,
To assuage his bitter woe,
Thus aloud did howl & cry:
'Michael Angelo! Michael Angelo!'
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Blake, William. “The Villain at the Gallows tree.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/180/.
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Blake, William. “The Villain at the Gallows tree.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/180/.
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