William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.
Poems from the Rossetti MS.: Later PoemsMock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau
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Mock on, mock on; ’tis all in vain!
You throw the sand against the wind,
And the wind blows it back again.
Reflected in the beams divine;
Blown back they blind the mocking eye,
But still in Israel’s paths they shine.
And Newton’s Particles of Light
Are sands upon the Red Sea shore,
Where Israel’s tents do shine so bright.