On the Turret[1] its spiral does softly descend,
W. Blake. |
Receive my and my husband's love and affection, and believe me to be yours affectionately,
12.
To John Flaxman.
Felpham,
21st September 1800, Sunday morning.
Dear Sculptor of Eternity,—We are safe arrived at our cottage,[4] which is more beautiful than I thought it, and more convenient. It is a perfect
- ↑ The turret of Hayley's house.
- ↑ All editions have hitherto read flighty which makes nonsense of this line. The plural of the MS. makes the sense quite clear: since it is natural to suppose the use of a symbolical number in the construction of a heavenly ladder.
- ↑ Hayley, often called the Hermit of Eartham, or the Hermit of the Turret, by himself and his friends.
- ↑ See Plate.