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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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Uil'iam Bleik
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For everything exists and not one sigh nor smile nor tear, one hair nor particle of dust, not one can pass away.
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The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever.
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Come live, and be merry, and join with me, To sing the sweet chorus of 'Ha ha he!
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He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sports and plays with me Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty.
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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.
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The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.
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If others had not been foolish, we should be so.
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The Sick Rose O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.
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Why cannot the ear be closed to its own destruction? Or the glistening eye to the poison of a smile?
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I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her down: Holy and meek, she cries. As soon as I went An angel came. He winked at the thief And smiled at the dame- And without one word spoke Had a peach from the tree, And 'twixt earnest and joke Enjoyed the lady.
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He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.
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