The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule

by William Blake

Blake manuscript - Notebook - page 042

Edited text:^[1]

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The errors of a wise man make your rule,
Rather than the perfections of a fool.

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The original text:^[3]

 
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The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule
Rather than the Perfections of a Fool

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Notes

1. The Poetical Works of William Blake, including the unpublished French Revolution together with the Minor Prophetic Books and Selections from The Four Zoas, Milton & Jerusalem; edited with an introduction and textual notes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.
2. see previous poem: You say their Pictures well Painted be.
3. "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 510.