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Notebook c.1808-1811 21. "He has observd the Golden Rule..."
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From Notebook c.1808-1811 p.30. See also: Satiric verses and epigrams.

200726Notebook c.1808-1811 21. "He has observd the Golden Rule..."William Blake
Blake manuscript - Notebook 1808 - 21 He has observd the Golden Rule

Edited text:[1]

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He has observ'd the Golden Rule
Till he's become the Golden Fool.

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The original text:[2]

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He has observd the Golden Rule
Till hes become the Golden Fool[3]

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Notes

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  1. ↑ "Blake Complete Writings", ed. Geoffrey Keynes, pub. OUP 1966/85, p. 540.
  2. ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 508.
  3. ↑ “He has observd the Golden Rule...” This epigram is written above of the heavily erased title and four subsequent lines that could be read as:

    The Golden Rule.

    ?Sporting with ?golden ?Fortune
    ?Blithe & gay Like to the Lion sporting with his prey
    With Fortune sporting Merry Blithe & gay
    Like to the Lion sporting with his prey a Sparrow

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