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A Woman Scaly & a Man all Hairy

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Notebook c.1808-1811 92. "A Woman Scaly & a Man all Hairy..."
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From Notebook c.1808-1811 p.93. See also: Satiric verses and epigrams.

1552481Notebook c.1808-1811 92. "A Woman Scaly & a Man all Hairy..."William Blake
Blake manuscript - Notebook 1808 - 92 A Woman Scaly

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92
 
A Woman Scaly & a Man all Hairy
Is such a Match as he who dares
Will find the Woman's Scales Scrape off the Man's Hairs.

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The original text:[2]

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A Woman Scaly & a Man all Hairy
Is such a Match as he who dares
Will find the Womans Scales Scrape off the Mans Hairs

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Notes

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  1. ↑ "Blake Complete Writings", ed. Geoffrey Keynes, pub. OUP 1966/85, p. 559.
  2. ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 517.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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