Epigrams, Verses, and Fragments from the Note-book |
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Written about c.1808-1811 (ed. Jeoffrey Keynes, 1957/66)
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1. "No real Style of Colouring ever appears…" |
p.21 |
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2. "You dont believe I wont attempt to make ye…" |
p.21
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3. "And his legs carried it like a long fork…" |
p.22
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4. "Was I angry with Hayley who usd me so ill…" |
p.23
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5. "Anger & Wrath my bosom rends…" |
p.23
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6. "The Sussex Men are Noted Fools…" |
p.24
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7. "Old acquaintance well renew…" |
p.24
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8. "Madman I have been calld Fool they Call thee…" |
p.25
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9. To H (You think Fuseli is not Great Painter) |
p.25
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10. To F—— ("I mock thee not…") |
p.26
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11. "Can there be any thing more mean…" |
p.26
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12. "S—— in Childhood on the Nursery floor…" |
p.27
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13. To Nancy F—— |
p.27
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14. "Of H s birth this was the happy lot…" |
p.27
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15. "Sir Joshua Praises Michael Angelo…" |
p.28
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16. "Hes a Blockhead who wants a proof of what he Can't Percieve..." |
p.28
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17. "Cr—— loves artists as he loves his Meat…" |
p.29
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18. "A Petty sneaking Knave I knew…" |
p.29
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19. "Sir Joshua praised Rubens with a Smile…" |
p.29
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20. "He is a Cock would…" |
p.29
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21. "He has observd the Golden Rule…" |
p.30
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22. "To S——d ("You all your youth observed the Golden Rule…") |
p.30
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23. "Mr Stothard to Mr Cromek…" |
p.31
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24. "Mr Cromek to Mr Stothard…" |
p.31
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25. "I am no Homers Hero you all know…" |
p.31
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26. "The Angel that presided oer my birth…" |
p.32
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27. Florentine Ingratitude |
p.32
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28. A Pitiful Case |
p.33
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29. "To the Royal Academy |
p.33
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30. "If it is True What the Prophets write…" |
p.33
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31. On F—— & S—— |
p.34
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32. "P—— loved me, not as he lovd his Friends…" |
p.34
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33. "To forgive Enemies H does pretend…" |
p.34
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34. To F—— ("You call me Mad tis Folly to do so…") |
p.35
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35. On H——ys Friendship |
p.35
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36. "Some Men created for destruction come…" |
p.36
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37. On S—— (You say reserve & modesty he has) |
p.36
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38. Imitation of Pope A Compliment to the Ladies |
p.37
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39. To H—— (Thy Friendship oft has made my heart to ake) |
p.37
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40. "Cosway Frazer & Baldwin of Egypts Lake…" |
p.37
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41. An Epitaph (Come knock your heads against this stone) |
p.37 |
3. And his legs carried it like a long fork
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42. Another Epitaph (I was buried near this Dike) |
p.37 |
3. And his legs carried it like a long fork
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43. Another Epitaph (Here lies John Trot the Friend of all mankind) |
p.37 |
3. And his legs carried it like a long fork
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44. "My title as a Genius thus is provd…" |
p.38
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45. "I Rubens am a Statesman & a Saint…" |
p.38
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46. To English Connoisseurs |
p.38
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47. "Swelld limbs with no outline that you can descry…" |
p.38
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48. A Pretty Epigram |
p.38
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49. "These are the Idiots chiefest arts…" |
p.38
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50. "Rafael Sublime Majestic Graceful Wise…" |
p.39
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51. "If I eer Grow to Mans Estate…" |
p.39
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52. "The Cripple every Step Drudges & labours…" |
p.39
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53. On the Great Encouragement |
p.40
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54. "Give pensions to the Learned Pig…" |
p.40
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55. "The Cunning sures & the Aim at yours…" |
p.40
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56. "All Pictures thats Panted with Sense & with Thought…" |
p.40
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57. On H—— the Pick thank |
p.41
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58. Cromek Speaks |
p.41
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59. English Encouragement of Art |
p.41
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60. "When you look at a picture you always can see…" |
p.41
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61. "You say their Pictures well Painted be…" |
p.42
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61a. "The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule…" |
p.42 |
(Erdman separates this from the previous poem)
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62. The Washer Womans Song |
p.42
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63. "When I see a Rubens Rembrant Correggio…" |
p.43
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64. "Great things are done…" |
p.43
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65. "Delicate Hands & Heads will never appear…" |
p.46
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66. "I give you the end of a golden string…" |
p.46
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67. "If you play a Game of Chance know before you begin…" |
p.47
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68. William Cowper Esqre |
p.50
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69. "The only man that eer I knew…" |
p.50
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70. "I will tell you what Joseph of Arimathea…" |
p.52 |
The Everlasting Gospel
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71. "Grown old in Love from Seven till Seven times Seven…" |
p.54
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72. "Why was Cupid a Boy…" |
p.56
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73. From Bells Weekly Messenger |
p.59
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74. "I askd my Dear Friend Orator Prigg…" |
p.60-61
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74а. "O dear Mother outline of knowledge most sage…" |
p.61 |
(Keynes regards this as a part of previous poem)
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75. To Venetian Artists |
p.60-61
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76. "Great Men & Fools do often me Inspire…" |
p.63
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77. Blakes apology for his Catalogue |
p.62-63
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78. From Cratetos |
p.64
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79. "I always thought that Jesus Christ…" |
p.64
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80. "Having given great offence by writing in Prose…" |
p.65
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81. "If Men will act like a maid smiling over a Churn…" |
p.65
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82. "23 May 1810…" |
p.67
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83. "Some people admire the work of a Fool…" |
p.70
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84. "Jesus does not treat…" |
p.72
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85. To God (Blake) |
p.73
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86. "Since all the Riches of this World…" |
p.73
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87. "To Chloes breast young Cupid slily stole…" |
p.78
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88. "Now Art has lost its mental Charms…" |
p.79
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89. "Nail his neck to the Cross nail it with a nail…" |
p.79 |
The Everlasting Gospel?
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90. "The Caverns of the Grave Ive seen…" |
p.87
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91. "I rose up at the dawn of day…" |
p.89
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92. "A Woman Scaly & a Man all Hairy…" |
p.93
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Additional passage
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93. "Every thing which is in harmony with me…" |
p.92 rev
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[94.] "Do what you will this life's a fiction…" |
p.98 rev |
The Everlasting Gospel
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