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

On Friends and Foes

To F[laxman] and S[tothard]: I found them blind: I taught them how to see

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.