A Pitiful Case. On Art and Artists. William Blake. 1908. The Poetical Works

William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.

On Art and Artists

A Pitiful Case


XXII THE VILLAIN at the gallows tree,
When he is doom’d to die,
To assuage his misery
In virtue’s praise does cry.

So Reynolds when he came to die,	5
To assuage his bitter woe,
Thus aloud did howl and cry: 1
‘Michael Angelo! Michael Angelo!’

Note 1. XXII 7 did howl and] was heard to MS. 1st rdg. del. [back]