He has observd the Golden Rule
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He has observ'd the Golden Rule
Till he's become the Golden Fool.
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He has observd the Golden Rule
Till hes become the Golden Fool[3]
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Notes
[edit]- ↑ "Blake Complete Writings", ed. Geoffrey Keynes, pub. OUP 1966/85, p. 540.
- ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 508.
- ↑ “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
— Ed. of Wikisource.
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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