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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
William Blake
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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
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Every thing possible to be believ'd is an image of truth.
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When the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea? O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.
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Naught can deform the human race Like to the armor's iron brace.
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A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage.
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Death is terrible, tho' borne on angels' wings!
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The naked women's body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.
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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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Some will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts & Is, in existing beings or Men.
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The pure soul shall mount on native wings, . . . and cut a path into the heaven of glory.
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Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
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Christianity is art and not money. Money is its curse.
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Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.
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The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing. If thought is life And strength and breath And the want Of thought is death Then am I A happy fly If I live Or if I die
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