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To F

You call me Mad ; 'tis folly to do so — To seek to turn a Madman to a Foe. If you think as you speak, you are an Ass. If you do not, you are but what you was.

MS. Book, p. 35. DGR ('Epig.' 7), WMR ('Epig.' xvi) both with title 'To Flaxman,' EY i. 218. 4 but what] just what MS. Book 1st rdg. del. ; but as EY.

On H y's Friendship

When H y finds out what you cannot do, That is the very thing he'll set you to ; If you break not your Neck, 'tis not his fault ; But pecks of poison are not pecks of salt.

MS, Book, p. 35. Only in EY i. 218 (title omitted). 3 Neck] back EY.

Some men, created for destruction, come Into the World, & make the World their home. Be they as Vile and Base as e'er they can, They'll still be called 'The World's Honest Man.'

MS. Book, p. 36. Only in EY i. 218, 2 & make] to make EY. 3, 4 Be. . . Man] 'Friend Caiaphas is one, do what he can.

He'll still be called "The World's Honest Man.'"

MS. Book 2nd rdg. del. 3 Be they as] For they are EY.