Versos English William Blake On H——ys Friendship

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On H——ys Friendship

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On H[ayle]y’s Friendship

WHEN H——y finds out what you cannot do, That is the very thing he’ll set you to; If you break not your neck, ’tis not his fault; But pecks of poison are not pecks of salt.

[And when he could not act upon my wife Hired a Villain to bereave my Life]