America a Prophecy

America a Prophecy

"America a Prophecy" is a 1793 prophetic book by English poet and illustrator William Blake.

It is engraved on 23 plates, and survives in fourteen known copies. It is the first of Blake's "continental prophecies". [ [http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/work.xq?workid=america&java=no Blake Archive page] ]

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* [http://www.poetseers.org/the_poetseers/blake/america_a_prophecy Online text]


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