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Engraved or unengraved?

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The lead paragraph states that Blake never produced an engraved version of this poem; however, the third paragraph states that he did engrave it, comparing the size of this engraving to his earlier Europe a Prophecy. Is this simply an oversight? (FWIW, if I remember Keynes' notes to his edition of Blake correctly, I believe this work was never engraved or published.) -- llywrch (talk) 17:06, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are engravings of pages, and sketches of others. The work was never fully published or completed. It was scrapped and parts of it were reused in Jerusalem. Does that help? Ottava Rima (talk) 17:11, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Then the lead paragraph ought to conclude, "Blake intended the book to be a summation of his mythic universe but dissatisfied with the work he abandoned the effort in 1807, leaving the poem in a rough draft and its engraving unfinished." -- llywrch (talk) 17:25, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There. Ottava Rima (talk) 17:35, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That's better. -- llywrch (talk) 18:02, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]