Arts & Sciences
You say their Pictures well Painted be
From The Rossetti Manuscript (c. 1793–1818)
Arts & Sciences
You say their Pictures well Painted be,
And yet they are blockheads you all agree:
Thank God! I never was sent to school
To be Flog'd into following the Style of a Fool.
The errors of a wise man make your Rule,
Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.
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MLA
Blake, William. “You say their Pictures well Painted be.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/213/.
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Blake, William. “You say their Pictures well Painted be.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/213/.
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