[On certain Mystics]: Cosway, Frazer, and Baldwin of Egypt's lake. On Friends and Foes. William Blake. 1908. The Poetical Works

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

On Friends and Foes

[On certain Mystics]: Cosway, Frazer, and Baldwin of Egypt’s lake


XXVII COSWAY, Frazer, and Baldwin of Egypt’s lake
Fear to associate with Blake.
This life is a warfare against evils;
They heal the sick: he casts out devils.
Hayley, Flaxman, and Stothard are also in doubt	5
Lest their virtue should be put to the rout.
One grins, t’other spits, and in corners hides,
And all the virtuous have shown their backsides.