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SELECTIONS FROM BLAKE'S WRITINGS.
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Sir Joshua praises Michael Angelo;
'Tis Christian meekness thus to praise a foe:—
But 'twould be madness, all the world would say,
Should Michael Angelo praise Sir Joshua.
Christ used the Pharisees in a rougher way.
7
To Flaxman.
You call me mad; 'tis folly to do so,—
To seek to turn a madman to a foe.
If you think as you speak, you are an ass;
If you do not, you are but what you was.
8
To the same.
I mock thee not, though I by thee am mockèd;
Thou call'st me madman, but I call thee blockhead.
9
Thank God, I never was sent to school
To be flogged into following the style of a fool!
