| William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908. | | | | On Art and Artists | | When I see a Rubens, Rembrandt, Correggio |
| | XII WHEN 1 I see a Rubens, Rembrandt, Correggio, | |
| I think of the crippled Harry and slobbering Joe; | |
| And then I question thus: Are artists’ rules | |
| To be drawn from the works of two manifest fools? | |
| Then God defend us from the Arts I say! | 5 |
| Send battle, murder, sudden death, O pray! | |
| Rather than be such a blind human fool | |
| I’d be an ass, a hog, a worm, a chair, a stool! | |
| | | Note 1. XII I When I see a Rembrandt or Correggio MS. 1st rdg. del. 3 question thus] say to myself MS. 1st rdg. del. 6 O] we MS. 1st rdg. del. [back] | | |
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