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Rh And if Bezaleel and AhoHab drew What the finger of God pointed to their View, Shall we suffer the Roman and Grecian rods To compell us to worship them as Gods ?

They stole them from the Temple of the Lord And worshipp'd them that they might make Inspired Art abhorr'd ;

The Wood and Stone were call'd the Holy Things, And their Sublime Intent given to their kings. All the Atonements of Jehovah spurn'd, And Criminals to Sacrifices turn'd.

9, 10 WMR and EY print as quatrain : —
 * 'They stole them from
 * The Temple of the Lord,
 * And worshiped them that they might make
 * Inspired art abhorred.'

10 that. . . make] to make MS. Book 1''st rdg. del. ''

To F——— and S———

I found them blind : I taught them how to see ; And now they know neither themselves nor me. 'Tis excellent to turn a thorn to a pin, A Fool to a bolt, a Knave to a glass of gin.

MS. Book, p. 34. The words ' and S——— ' are an addition. Swinb. p. 53. WMR (' Epig.' viii) with title ' On certain Friends,' prints first couplet only. EY i. 217 with title ' On F——— and I ———.' See note to Ixvii.

1, 2 I. . . me] Blake introduces this couplet into his Descriptive Catalogue (1809).1 them] him MS. Book1 ''st rdg. del.2 they know] he knows ibid''. 1''st rdg. del.themselves] himself ibid''. 1''st rdg. del''.