xxviii
The Kid
Thou, little Kid, did'st play
&c.
So in MS. Book, p. 105. Blake here, according to his usual practice, uses
' &c.' to signify that the poem had already been noted elsewhere. He never
transcribed it into the MS. Book, and the remainder of this piece is therefore
lost to us.
XXIX
Lacedemonian Instruction
Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there.
A fool tangled in a religious snare.
MS. Book, p. 103. Title added later. Only in EY.
I tell . , . there] what see you there ? EY. 2 tangled] caught EY.
XXX
Riches
The countless gold of a merry heart.
The rubies & pearls of a loving eye.
The indolent never can bring to the mart,
Nor the secret hoard up in his treasury.
MS. Book, p. 103 (reversed). All edd. follow DGR in printing this as
second stanza of cxxv, WBY with title ' The Two Kinds of Riches.'
of a loving eye] In the MS., ivritten in error, ' of a loving of a loving eye.
3 indolent] idle man MS. Book 1st rdg. del., and all edd. 4 secret] cunning MS. Book 15/ rdg. del., and all edd.
