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No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

William Blake

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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
Collector
Engraver
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Lithographer
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Printer
Theologian
London
England
W. Blake
Uil'iam Bleik
Blake
Single
Soar
Inspiration
Gifted
High
Cute
Dream
Flying
Work
Wings
Soars
Love
Ambition
Repulsion
Bird
Importunate
Motivational
Vengeance

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To Chloe's breast young Cupid slily stole, But he crept in at Myra's pocket-hole.
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