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The cut worm forgives the plow.

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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
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Theologian
London
England
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Uil'iam Bleik
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Happiness
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Forgive what you do not approve & love me for this energetic exertion of my talent
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Then the Parson might preach, & drink, & sing, And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring And modest dame Lurch, who is always at Church, Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch.
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Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
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Energy is an eternal delight.
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How have you left the ancient love That bards of old enjoyed in you! The languid strings do scarcely move! The sound is forced, the notes are few!
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