and now for something completely something
i.
i am no homer's hero you all know;
i profess not generosity to a foe.
my generosity is to my friends,
that for their friendship i may make amends,
the generous to enemies promotes their ends,
and becomes the enemy and betrayer of his friends.
(...)
on friends and foes, william blake, on selected poems, ed. penguin
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i.
i am no homer's hero you all know;
i profess not generosity to a foe.
my generosity is to my friends,
that for their friendship i may make amends,
the generous to enemies promotes their ends,
and becomes the enemy and betrayer of his friends.
(...)
on friends and foes, william blake, on selected poems, ed. penguin