I will tell you what Joseph of Arimathea. Poems from the Rossetti MS.: Later Poems. William Blake. 1908. The Poetical Works

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

Poems from the Rossetti MS.: Later Poems

I will tell you what Joseph of Arimathea


I WILL tell you what Joseph of Arimathea
Said to my Fairy: was not it very queer?
‘Pliny and Trajan! What! are you here?
Come before Joseph of Arimathea.
Listen patient, and when Joseph has done	5
’Twill make a fool laugh, and a fairy fun.’