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Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.

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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
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All the destruction in Christian Europe has arisen from deism, which is natural religion.
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My silks and fine array, My smiles and languished air, By love are driv'n away And mournful lean Despair Brings me yew to deck my grave: Such end true lovers have.
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And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification
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The fox condemns the trap, not himself.
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