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The fields from Islington to Marybone, To Primrose Hill and Saint John's Wood, Were builded over with pillars of gold And there Jerusalem's pillars stood.
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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
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Some say that happiness is not good for mortals, & they ought to be answered that sorrow is not fit for immortals & is utterly useless to any one a blight never does good to a tree, & if a blight kill not a tree but it still bear fruit, let none say that the fruit was in consequence of the blight.
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A DIVINE IMAGE Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face Terror the human form divine, And Secresy the human dress. The human dress is forged iron, The human form a fiery forge, The human face a furnace sealed, The human heart its hungry gorge.
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You throw the sand against the wind and the wind blows it back again.
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The look of love alarms Because 'tis filled with fire But the look of soft deceit Shall win the lover's hire.
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The moon, like a flower in heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.
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Auguries of innocence The emmet's inch and eagle's mile Make lame philosophy to smile. He who doubts from what he sees Will ne'er believe, do what you please.
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Every mortal loss is an immortal gain.
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A dog starved at his master's gate Predicts the ruin of the state.
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If Christianity was morality, Socrates would be the Saviour.
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Gratitude is heaven itself there could be no heaven without gratitude.
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The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
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If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning.
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