William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
The Sword Sung
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792)
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in Vers l’armée de métier.
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Mishnah https://www.sefaria.org.il/Mishnah_Yadayim.3.5?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en|