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Blake: Epigrams
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS
When Sir Joshua Reynolds died
All Nature was degraded;
The King dropp'd a tear into the Queen's Ear,
And all his Pictures Faded.
WILLIAM BLAKE
ON CROMEK
A Petty Sneaking Knave I knew—
O Mr Cromek, how do ye do?
WILLIAM BLAKE
TO WILLIAM HAYLEY
Thy Friendship oft has made my heart to ache:
Do be my enemy, for Friendship's sake.
WILLIAM BLAKE
ON PETER ROBINSON
Here lies the preacher, judge and poet, Peter,
Who broke the laws of God, and man, and metre.
FRANCIS JEFFREY
PORSON ON HIS MAJESTY'S
GOVERNMENT
Your foe in war to overrate
A maxim is of ancient date;
Then sure 'tis right, in time of trouble,
That our good rulers should see double.
RICHARD PORSON
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