[On Stothard]: S--, in childhood, on the nursery floor. On Friends and Foes. William Blake. 1908. The Poetical Works

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

On Friends and Foes

[On Stothard]: S——, in childhood, on the nursery floor


XVII S——, in childhood, on the nursery floor,
Was extreme old and most extremely poor:
He has grown old, and rich, and what he will;
He is extreme old, and extreme poor still.