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William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.

Selections from ‘Jerusalem’

[Men and States]

(Jerusalem, f. 73, ll. 42–3.)

AS the Pilgrim passes while the Country permanent remains,

So Men pass on, but States remain permanent for ever.