Scene from Dead Man Some are born to endless
Auguries of Innocence by William Blake: To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. A Robin Red breast in a Cage Puts all heaven in a Rage. A dove house fill d with doves and Pigeons Shudders Hell thro all its regions. A dog starv d at his Master s Gate Predicts the ruin of the State. A Horse misus d upon the Road Calls to Heaven for Human blood. Each outcry of the hunted Hare A fibre from the Brain does tear. A Skylark wounded in the wing, A Cherubim does cease to sing. The Game Cock clip d and arm d for fight Does the Rising Sun affright. Every Wolf s and Lion s howl Raises from Hell a Human Soul. The wild deer, wand ring here and there, Keeps the Human Soul from Care. The Lamb misus d breeds Public strife And yet forgives the Butcher s Knife. The Bat that flits at close of Eve Has left the Brai
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