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I cry, Love! Love! Love! happy happy Love! free as the mountain wind!

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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
Collector
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Graphic Artist
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London
England
W. Blake
Uil'iam Bleik
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Cry
Mountain
Wind
Happy
Free
Love

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