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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: defending William Blake
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Date: Tue, 18-Jun-85 09:21:37 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 18 09:21:37 1985
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[Oh that Buggy Boogie Woogie sweeps me off my feet]

> In answer to a request for a source for a quotation, Robert Orenstein and
> Gary Benson provided these precious replies:
> 
> >The complete poem is as follows:
> 
> >       Tiger Tiger, burning bright
> >       In the forests of the night
> >       I wish I may, I wish I might
> >       Have the wish I wish tonight.
> >
> >            (wish is made here, silently)
> 
> >...from William Blake's "A Child's Book of Nursery Rhymes"
> 
> My question is, where did these people learn about Blake?  Before jumping in
> with a show-off answer to a legitimate question, why don't they just look up
> the damn thing in an old textbook?  Blake's work is included in most, if not
> all, college English texts!
> 
> I expect I'll get some return flames for this, but as a former English
> teacher, I just couldn't let this misinformation continue.  

Hold your flames, folks!  Not all English teachers lack a sense of
humor ... only those in New Hampshire.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel