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ON S----- by WILLIAM BLAKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU SAY RESERVE & MODESTY HE HAS
Last Line: BY SWEET RESERVE & MODESTY GET FAT
Subject(s): BIBLE; MYTHOLOGY; STOTHARD, THOMAS (1755-1834);

You say reserve & modesty he has
Whose heart is iron his head wood & his face brass
The Fox the Owl the Beetle & the Bat
By sweet reserve & modesty get Fat



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