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TAURUS PRESS AMERICA

Blake’s text of America, printed with “handcut” type in scarlet, illustrated with linocuts by Peter Paul Piech printed in black is being sold for £50 by Taurus Press of Willow Dene, 2 Willow Dene, Bushey Heath, Herts. WD2 1PS England. There is an introduction by Hugo Manning and Roger R. Easson. The linocut illustrations are also available without the text, signed by the artist, £50.

THe ciTizens of New York close Their books & lock tHeir cHests; THe mariners of Boston drop THeir ancHors and unlade; THe scribe of PensYlvania casts His Pen uPon THe earTH; THe builder of Virginia THrows His Hammer down in Fear. Then Had America been losT, o’erwHelmed by THe ATlantic, And EarTH Had losT anoTHer PorTion of THe infinite, BuT all rusH ToGeTHer in THe niGHT in wraTH and raGinG Fire! THe red Fires raG’d! THe PlaGues recoil’d! THen roll’d THeY back wiTH Fury On Albion’s AnGels : THen THe PesTilence beGan in sTreaks of red 30

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