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If you have form'd a circle to go into, Go into it yourself, and see how you would do. They said this mystery never shall cease: The priest promotes war, and the soldier peace.

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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
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Such, such were the joys When we all, girls and boys, In our youth time were seen On the Echoing Green.
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I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gate Built in Jerusalem's wall.
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He who loves his enemies betrays his friends this surely is not what Jesus meant.
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Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.
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Lives in eternity's sun rise.
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[L]et light Rise from the chambers of the east, and bring The honey'd dew that cometh on waking day. O radiant morning.
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Every thing possible to be believ'd is an image of truth.
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I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand.
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God and His Priest and King,...make up a heaven of our misery.
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