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All pictures that's painted with sense and with thought
From The Rossetti Manuscript (c. 1793–1818)
All pictures that's painted with sense and with thought
Are painted by Madmen, as sure as a Groat;
For the Greater the Fool is the Pencil more blest,
As when they are drunk they always paint best.
They never can Rafael it, Fuseli it, nor Blake it;
If they can't see an outline, pray how can they make it?
When Men will draw outlines begin you to jaw them;
Madmen see outlines and therefore they draw them.
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MLA
Blake, William. “All pictures that's painted with sense and with thought.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/208/.
Chicago
Blake, William. “All pictures that's painted with sense and with thought.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/208/.
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