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 Thursday,' which describes the procession of children from all the charity schools to St. Paul's Cathedral which always takes place on this day. [ ' 'Twas on a Holy Thursday' is then quoted in full. Before giving Crabb Robinson's concluding remarks, it may be well to say a word of the German translations of Blake's poems which follow the originals in Crabb Robinson's paper. In most cases the original metre is preserved, and their power and charm is quite remarkable. I shall, therefore, quote the first stanzas of the Introduction and Holy Thursday, and a verse or two of 'Tiger, Tiger,' as translated by Dr. Lange:]