Arts & Sciences
O dear Mother Outline!
From The Rossetti Manuscript (c. 1793–1818)
Arts & Sciences
O dear Mother Outline! of wisdom most sage,
What's the First Part of Painting; she said 'Patronage.'
And what is the Second, to Please and Engage,
She frowned like a Fury, and said 'Patronage.'
And what is the Third: she put off Old Age
And smil'd like a Syren and said 'Patronage.'
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Blake, William. “O dear Mother Outline!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/222/.
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