Blake manuscript - Notebook - page 039
Edited text:[1]
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IF I e’er grow to man’s estate,
O! give to me a woman’s fate.
May I govern all, both great and small,
Have the last word, and take the wall.
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The original text:[2]
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If I eer Grow to Mans Estate
O Give to me a Womans fate
May I govern all both great & small
Have the last word & take the wall
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Notes
- ↑ The Poetical Works of William Blake, including the unpublished French Revolution together with the Minor Prophetic Books and Selections from The Four Zoas, Milton & Jerusalem; edited with an introduction and textual notes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.
- ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 502.
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