Grown old in Love from Seven till Seven times Seven

by William Blake

Blake manuscript - Notebook 1808 - 71 Grown old in Love from Seven till Seven times Seven

Edited text:^[1]

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GROWN old in love from seven till seven times seven,
I oft have wish’d for Hell, for ease from Heaven.
  

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The original text:^[2]

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Grown old in Love from Seven till Seven times Seven
I oft have wishd for Hell for Ease from Heaven

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Notes

1. The Poetical Works of William Blake, including the unpublished French Revolution together with the Minor Prophetic Books and Selections from The Four Zoas, Milton & Jerusalem; edited with an introduction and textual notes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.
2. "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 516.