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A skylark wounded in the wing, / A cherubim does cease to sing.

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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
Printer
Theologian
London
England
W. Blake
Uil'iam Bleik
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Skylarks
Wing
Wounded
Cease
Wings
Sing
Singing
Skylark
Doe
Cherubim

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