An ancient Proverb
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1st reading:[1] edit
An ancient Proverb
Remove away that blac'kning church:
Remove away that marriage hearse:
Remove away that [place del.] man of blood:
['Twill del.] You'll quite remove the ancient curse.
2nd reading:[2] edit
An ancient Proverb
Remove away that blackning church
Remove away that marriage hearse
Remove away that________of blood
Youll quite remove the ancient curse[3]
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Wikisource notes edit
- ↑ "Blake Complete Writings", ed. Geoffrey Keynes, pub. OUP 1966/85, p. 176.
- ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 475
- ↑ An ancient Proverb
3 that-------------] that place 1st rdg p 107; that man 2nd rdg p 107. (Was the long dash put in to avoid writing “palace”? See “London” line 12.)
4 Youll] Twill 1st rdg del, p 99
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