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If men will act like a maid smiling over a churn, They ought not, when it comes to another's turn, To grow sour at what a friend may utter, Knowing and feeling that we all have need of Butter. False Friends, fie I fie! Our Friendship you shan't sever ; 5 In spite we will be greater friends than ever.

MS. Book, p. 65. Perhaps a continuation of cxx. Printed here for the first time. 5 fie ! fie !] O no ! MS. Book st rdg. del. you shan't] ne'er shall MS. Book 1st rdg. del. 6 In spite] For now MS. Book 1st rdg. del.

Call that the Public Voice which is their Error ? Like as a Monkey, peeping in a Mirror, Admires all his colours brown & warm. And never once perceives his ugly form.

MS. Book, p. 66. Written in continuation of a passage in Blake's Adver- iisement, in which he says that ' Rafael and Michael Angelo abhorr'd studying nature, as Vasari tells us.' Gil. i. 266 with title ' On Colourists, ' WMR (' Epig.' vi) with title * Colour and Form,' EY i. 226. 2 Like as] Like to EY. 3 Admires] Admireth Gil.

Some people admire the work of a Fool, For it 's sure to keep your judgment cool ; It does not reproach you with want of wit ; It is not like a lawyer serving a writ.

MS. Book, p. 70. DOR, WMR, EY, WBY('Coupl.'vii,ix,andio). Cp. MS. Book, ciii, ll. 1, 2.

To God

If you have form'd a Circle to go into. Go into it yourself, & see how you would do.

MS. Book, p. 73. Only in EY i. 226. 2 how] what EY.