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

Gnomic Verses

If I e’er grow to man’s estate

XVIII
IF I e’er grow to man’s estate,

O! give to me a woman’s fate.

May I govern all, both great and small,

Have the last word, and take the wall.