[Epilogue]. To the Accuser who is The God of this World. Verses from 'The Gates of Paradise'. William Blake. 1908. The Poetical Works

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

Verses from ‘The Gates of Paradise’

[Epilogue]. To the Accuser who is The God of this World


TRULY, my Satan, thou art but a dunce,
And dost not know the garment from the man;
Every harlot was a virgin once,
Nor canst thou ever change Kate into Nan.

Tho’ thou art worship’d by the names divine	5
Of Jesus and Jehovah, thou art still
The Son of Morn in weary Night’s decline,
The lost traveller’s dream under the hill.