The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
—William Blake, Proverbs of Hell
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
—William Blake, Proverbs of Hell
XIII
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.
—William Blake, The Poetical Works, 1908