William Blake,
Notebook c.1808-1811 77. Blakes apology for his Catalogue
“ Skumference to Center, 12 "No one can finish so high as the original inventor." Who cries, "All art is a fraud & Genius a trick, "And Blake is an unfortunate Lunatic"? I've given great Provision to my Foes, And now I'll lead my false friends by the nose. [For fair copy see no. 80. "Having given great offence by writing in Prose..."] ”
William Blake,
Notebook c.1808-1811 77. Blakes apology for his Catalogue
“ First and much revised draft on pp 62 and 63; title on p 62; fair copy, without title, on p 65; Keynes, pp 595-596, separates out the first draft (with one mistake, the including of “with joy” in line 4) , gives a composite of first and revised drafts on pp 554-555, and the fair copy on pp 555-556, but without all Blake's renumbering of lines for rearrangement. ”
