I give you the end of a golden string

by William Blake

Blake manuscript - Notebook 1808 - 66 Ill give you the end of a golden string

Edited text:^[1]

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I give you the end of a golden string;
   Only wind it into a ball,
It will lead you in at Heaven’s gate,
   Built in Jerusalem’s wall.

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The original text:^[2]

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I give you the end of a golden string^[3]
Only wind it into a ball
It will lead you in at Heavens gate
Built in Jerusalems wall

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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 The Poetical Works of William Blake, including the unpublished French Revolution together with the Minor Prophetic Books and Selections from The Four Zoas, Milton & Jerusalem; edited with an introduction and textual notes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. 231.
3. 77:1 give] have given 1st ms rdg del. These 4 lines begin the plate 77, the chapter To the Christians of the poem Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion, where it given in a combination with other 4 lines:

Devils are	I give you the end of a golden string,
False Religions	Only wind it into a ball:
"Saul Saul"	It will lead you in at Heavens gate,
"Why persecutest thou me."	Built in Jerusalems wall.