Another Epitaph (I was buried near this Dike)

by William Blake

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Blake manuscript - Notebook 1808 - 41-43 Epitaphs

Edited text:^[1]

Another

I WAS buried near this dyke,
That my friends may weep as much as they like.

The original text:^[2]

 
Another

I was buried near this Dike
That my Friends may weep as much as they like

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Notes

1. The Poetical Works of William Blake, including the unpublished French Revolution together with the Minor Prophetic Books and Selections from The Four Zoas, Milton & Jerusalem; edited with an introduction and textual notes by John Sampson, Hon. D.Litt. Oxon., 1862–1931. London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1908.
2. "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 503.