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

Selections from ‘Jerusalem’

[Pretences]

(Jerusalem, f. 43, ll. 35–6.)

A PRETENCE of Art to destroy Art; a pretence of Liberty

To destroy Liberty; a pretence of Religion to destroy Religion.