| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 7387 |
| QUOTATION: | Prepare your hearts for Death’s cold hand! prepare
Your souls for flight, your bodies for the earth;
Prepare your arms for glorious victory;
Prepare your eyes to meet a holy God!
Prepare, prepare! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Blake (1757–1827), British poet, painter, mystic. A War Song to Englishmen (l. 6–10). . .
The Complete Poems [William Blake]. Alicia Ostriker, ed. (1977) Penguin Books. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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