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Blake's Song of Innocence 1789 and of Experience 1793

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Piping down the...
Piping down the valleys wild, piping songs of pleasant glee
In a cloud...
In a cloud I saw a child
Pipe a...
Pipe a song about a lamb
He wept...
He wept to hear
Piper sit thee...
Piper sit thee down and write, in a book that all may read
I made a rural...
I made an rural pen, and I stained the water clear
In futurity...
In futurity I prophetic see
(Grave the...
(Grave the sentence deep)
maker...
maker meek... virgin viewed
From the eyes of flame...
from the eyes of flame, ruby tears there came
And naked they...
And naked they conveyed to caves the sleeping maid
Seven nights...
Seven nights they sleep (Lyca is seven summers old)
Pale through...
Pale through pathless ways
(Lion is) a spirit...
(Lion is) a spirit armed in gold
Then they followe(accent)d...
Then they followe(accent)d where the vision lead
Dwell in...
Dwell in a lonely dell
Who made...
Who made thee
I a child...
I a child and thou a lamb
Gave thee such...
Gave thee such a tender voice
Joy is...
Joy is my name
I sing...
I sing the while
Sweet joy...
sweet joy befall thee
The children walking two...
The children walking two and two in red and blue/ and green
These flowers...
The flowers of London town
Then cherish...
The Cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door
Their innocent...
Their innocent hands
So sang...
So sang a little clod of clay
Pebble of the brooke...
Pebble of the brooke warbled out these metres meek
And builds a...
and builds a heaven in hell's dispare
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and builds a hell in heaven's dispite
(Love) binds another...
(Love) binds another to it's delight
Babes reduced...
Babes reduced to misery
Fed with...
Fed with cold and usurous hand
and their fields...
and their fields are bleak and bear
Babe can never...
Babe can never hunger there or poverty the mind appal
o rose,...
O rose, thou art sick
the invisible...
the invisible worm
his dark secret...
his dark secret love does thy life destroy
Who countest...
who countest steps to the sun
youth pined...
youth pined away with desire, and the pale virgin shrouded in snow
The human dress....
The human dress, is forge(accent)d in iron
The human face...
The human face, is a furnace sealed
In every voice...
In every voice in every ban, the mind-forg'd manacles
mark in ever face...
mark in ever face I meet, marks of weakness, marks of woe
thro' each charter'd street...
thro' each charter'd street, near where the charter'd thames does flow
All admired...
All admired his preistly care
Standing on...
Standing on the alter high
trembling...
trembling zeal
weeping parents...
weeping parents wept in vein
are such things...
are such things done on albions shore
Like a fiend...
Like a fiend hid in a cloud
Striving against...
Striving against my swaddling-bands
Sturgling in...
Sturgling in my fathers hands
Into the dangerous...
Into the dangerous world I lept
Dear mother, dear..
Dear mother, dear mother, the church is cold, But the ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm
And God...
And God like a father
For mercy has...
For mercy has a human heart
Is God our...
Is God our father dear... Is man his child and care
That an...
That an emmet lost its way
I saw a glow...
I saw a glowworm near: Who replied: What wailing wight calls the watchman of the night?
In the morning glad...
In the morning glad I see my foe outstretched beneath the tree
Till it bore...
Till it bore an apple bright
Is this a holy...
Is this a holy thing to see?
And bound him in...
And bound him in an iron chain

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