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Then old Nobodaddy aloft

Quote byWilliam Blake · 1757–1827

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792), Let the Brothels of Paris, st. 2.

English (original)

Then old Nobodaddy aloft Farted and belched and coughed, And said, "I love hanging and drawing and quartering Every bit as well as war and slaughtering."

— William Blake

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