Social Commentaries
If men will act like a maid smiling over a churn
From The Rossetti Manuscript (c. 1793–1818)
Social Commentaries
If men will act like a maid smiling over a churn,
They ought not, when it comes to another's turn,
To grow sour at what a friend may utter,
Knowing and feeling that we all have need of Butter.
False Friends, fie I fie! Our Friendship you shan't sever;
In spite we will be greater friends than ever.
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Blake, William. “If men will act like a maid smiling over a churn.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/226/.
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Blake, William. “If men will act like a maid smiling over a churn.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/226/.
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