Notebook 54 - Self deceit & idleness

1st reading:[1]


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[Which are beauties sweetest dress? del.]
Soft deceit & idleness,
These are beauties sweetest dress.

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2nd reading: [2]


Soft deceit & Idleness
These are Beautys sweetest dress[3]

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  1. ↑ "Blake Complete Writings", ed. Geoffrey Keynes, pub. OUP 1966/85, p. 182.
  2. ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 474.
  3. ↑ Soft deceit & Idleness
    These are Beautys sweetest dress] Line added, on p 103, after cancellation of an introductory question: “Which are beauties sweetest dress”. The poem began as question and answer, was changed to pure answer.

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