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The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.

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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
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London
England
W. Blake
Uil'iam Bleik
Blake
Asks
Lions
Take
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Never
Apples
Horse
Grow
Tree
Beech
Shall
Lion
Grows
Prey

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