On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott

Notebook c.1800-1803 3. On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott
by William Blake
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On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott

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On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott

Whate'er is done to her she cannot know,
And if you'll ask her she will swear it[2] so,
Whether 'tis good or evil none's to blame:
No one can take the pride, no one the shame.

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2nd reading:[3] edit


On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott

Whateer is done to her she cannot know
And if youll ask her she will swear it so
Whether tis good or evil none's to blame
No one can take the pride no one the shame

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  1. "Blake Complete Writings", ed. Geoffrey Keynes, pub. OUP 1966/85, p. 418.
  2. [tell you del.]
  3. "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 501.

 

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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