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

On Art and Artists

Advice of the Popes who succeeded the Age of Raphael

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DEGRADE first the Arts if you’d mankind degrade,

Hire idiots to paint with cold light and hot shade,

Give high price for the worst, leave the best in disgrace,

And with labours of ignorance fill every place.