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Blake, William. "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.

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Blake, William. "Proverbs of Hell." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1790.

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