Life of William Blake: With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings, Volume 2Macmillan and Company, 1880 |
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... Nature Will bend or break us . My blood like a spring - tide Does rise so high to overflow all bounds Of moderation ; while Reason in her Frail bark can see no shore or bound for vast Ambition . Come then , take the helm , my Chandos ...
... Nature Will bend or break us . My blood like a spring - tide Does rise so high to overflow all bounds Of moderation ; while Reason in her Frail bark can see no shore or bound for vast Ambition . Come then , take the helm , my Chandos ...
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... Nature's wilds And rouse the strongest prey ; then if we fall , We fall with glory : for I know the wolf Is dangerous to fight , not good for food , Nor is the hide a comely vestment ; so We have our battle for our pains . I know That ...
... Nature's wilds And rouse the strongest prey ; then if we fall , We fall with glory : for I know the wolf Is dangerous to fight , not good for food , Nor is the hide a comely vestment ; so We have our battle for our pains . I know That ...
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... quite sufficient beauty to give it a right to its natural place . A few alterations and additions in other poems have been made from the same source . INTRODUCTION . PIPING down the valleys wild , Piping songs SONGS OF INNOCENCE.
... quite sufficient beauty to give it a right to its natural place . A few alterations and additions in other poems have been made from the same source . INTRODUCTION . PIPING down the valleys wild , Piping songs SONGS OF INNOCENCE.
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... nature to find this tree , But their search was all in vain : There grows one in the human Brain . INFANT SORROW . My mother groaned , my father wept 68 SELECTIONS FROM BLAKE'S WRITINGS . THE HUMAN ABSTRACT Pity would be no more.
... nature to find this tree , But their search was all in vain : There grows one in the human Brain . INFANT SORROW . My mother groaned , my father wept 68 SELECTIONS FROM BLAKE'S WRITINGS . THE HUMAN ABSTRACT Pity would be no more.
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... made In its thickest shade The Gods of the earth and sea ; Sought thro Nature to find this Tree But their search was all in vain There grows one in the Human Brain 14 . INFANT SORROW My inother groand . my father wept .
... made In its thickest shade The Gods of the earth and sea ; Sought thro Nature to find this Tree But their search was all in vain There grows one in the Human Brain 14 . INFANT SORROW My inother groand . my father wept .
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