Songs of innocence and of experience : shewing the two contrary states of the human soul 1789-1794 / W. Blake

Blake, William, 1757-1827 . Songs of innocence and of experience : shewing the two contrary states of the human soul 1789-1794 / W. Blake
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The GARDEN of LOVE

I went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen:
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.

And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And "Thou shalt not" writ over the door;
So I turn'd to the Garden of Love
That so many sweet flowers bore;

And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tomb-stones where flowers should be;
And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys & desires.

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