A Pitiful Case
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A Pitiful Case
THE VILLAIN at the gallows tree,
When he is doom’d to die,
To assuage his misery
In virtue’s praise does cry.
5 So Reynolds when he came to die,
To assuage his bitter woe,
Thus aloud did howl and cry: 1
‘Michael Angelo! Michael Angelo!’
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The original text:[3][edit]
A Pitiful Case[4]
A Pitiful Case t
The Villain at the Gallows tree
When he is doomd to die
To assuage his misery
In Virtues praise does cry
5 So Reynolds when he came to die
To assuage his bitter woe:
Thus aloud did howl & cry[5]
Michael Angelo Michael Angelo
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Notes[edit]
- ↑ The Poetical Works of William Blake, including the unpublished French Revolution together with the Minor Prophetic Books and Selections from The Four Zoas, Milton & Jerusalem; edited with an introduction and textual notes by John Sampson, Hon. D.Litt. Oxon., 1862–1931. London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1908.
- ↑ 7 did howl and] was heard to MS. 1st rdg. del.
- ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 512.
- ↑ Pitiful] mended from Pitiable
- ↑ 7 did howl &] was heard to 1st rdg del
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