Day (Blake, Notebook)
1st reading:[1]Edit
Day
The [day del.] Sun arises in the East,
Cloth'd in robes of blood & gold;
Swords & spears & wrath increast
All around his [ankles del.] bosom roll'd
Crown'd with warlike fires & raging desires.
2nd reading:[2]Edit
Day
The Sun arises in the East
Clothd in robes of blood & gold
Swords & spears & wrath increast
All around his bosom rolld
Crownd with warlike fires & raging desires[3]
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- ↑ "Blake Complete Writings", ed. Geoffrey Keynes, pub. OUP 1966/85, p. 177.
- ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 473
- ↑ Day N 105 rev
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1 Sun] day 1st rdg del
4 bosom] ancles 1st rdg del
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.