| William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908. | | | | Selections from ‘Jerusalem’ | | [The Remembrance of Sin] |
| | (Jerusalem, f. 50, ll. 21–30.)
COME, O thou Lamb of God, and take away the remembrance of Sin! | |
| To sin, and to hide the Sin in sweet deceit, is lovely: | |
| To sin in the open face of day is cruel and pitiless; but | |
| To record the Sin for a reproach, to let the Sun go down | |
| In a remembrance of the Sin, is a woe and a horror, | 5 |
| A brooder of an Evil Day, and a Sun rising in blood. | |
| Come then, O Lamb of God, and take away the remembrance of Sin! | | | | |
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