Mock on, mock on

 Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau:
 Mock on, mock on, 'tis all in vain!
 You throw the sand against the wind,
 And the wind blows it back again.
 And every sand becomes a gem
 Reflected in the beams divine;
 Blown back they blind the mocking eye,
 But still in Israel's paths they shine,
 The Atoms of Democritus
 And Newton's Particles of light
 Are sands upon the Red Sea shore,
 Where Israel's tents 
 Do shine so bright.

by William Blake (1757-1827)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by John Mitchell (1941-) , "Mock on, mock on", op. 25 no. 8 (1977), from Visions from the Flame, no. 8.

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