William Blake Quote

When Sir Joshua Reynolds died
All Nature was degraded:
The King dropped a tear into the Queen's ear;
And all his pictures faded.


Annotations to The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds 'When Sir Joshua Reynolds died' (c.1808)


When Sir Joshua Reynolds died All Nature was degraded: The King dropped a tear into the Queen's ear; And all his pictures faded.

When Sir Joshua Reynolds died All Nature was degraded: The King dropped a tear into the Queen's ear; And all his pictures faded.

When Sir Joshua Reynolds died All Nature was degraded: The King dropped a tear into the Queen's ear; And all his pictures faded.

When Sir Joshua Reynolds died All Nature was degraded: The King dropped a tear into the Queen's ear; And all his pictures faded.