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And are gone to praise God and His priest and king,<br/>
 
And are gone to praise God and His priest and king,<br/>
 
Who made up a heaven of our misery.’
 
Who made up a heaven of our misery.’
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==Credit==
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[[Songs of Experience]] by [[William Blake]]
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[[Category:Poems]]

Latest revision as of 15:15, 26 November 2005

A little black thing among the snow,
Crying! ‘weep! weep!’ in notes of woe!
‘Where are thy father and mother? Say!’—
‘They are both gone up to the church to pray.

‘Because I was happy upon the heath,
And smiled among the winter’s snow,
They clothed me in the clothes of death,
And taught me to sing the notes of woe.

‘And because I am happy and dance and sing,
They think they have done me no injury,
And are gone to praise God and His priest and king,
Who made up a heaven of our misery.’

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Songs of Experience by William Blake