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Since all the Riches of this World May be gifts from the Devil & Earthly Kings, I should suspect that I worship'd the Devil If I thank'd my God for worldly things.

MS. Book, p. 73 (reversed) in pencil. All add. follow DGR in printing as first stanza of xxx ; DGR, WMR and EY with title ' Riches,' WBY with title ' The Two Kinds of Riches.' 4 my God] WBY omits my.

To Chloe's breast young Cupid slily stole, But he crept in at Myra's pocket-hole.

MS. Book, p. 78. DGR, WMR, EY (' Coupl.' iv), WBY (' Coupl.' 5). 1 breast] heart R1

'Now Art has lost its mental Charms France shall subdue the World in Arms.' So spoke an Angel at my birth ; Then said ' Descend thou upon earth ; Renew the Arts on Britain's shore, And France shall fall down & adore. With works of Art their Armies meet And War shall sink beneath thy feet.

MS. Book, p. 79. Lines 13, 14 are apparently the beginning of a second stanza which was left unfinished. Only in EY i. 227. Cp. Advertisement (MS. Book, p. 66): 'Let us teach Buonaparte and whomsoever else it may concern that it is not Arts that follow & attend upon Empire, but Empire that attends upon & follows The Arts.' Also Blake's notes to Reynolds' Works (vol. i, p. [cxxv]), ' The Foundation of Empire is Art & Science. Remove them, or Degrade them, & the Empire is No More. Empire follows Art, & not Vice Versa as Englishmen suppose.' 4 upon] on the EY. 7 their] her EY.