From: Auguries of Innocence
By William Blake
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From: Auguries of Innocence
By William Blake (1757-1827)

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 redbreast in a cage
Puts all Heaven in a rage.
A dove-house fill�d with doves and pigeons
Shudders Hell through all its regions.
A dog starved 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 on the wing,
Doth make a cherub cease to sing.
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A riddle or the cricket�s cry,
Is to doubt a fit reply.
The emmet�s inch and eagle�s mile
Make lame Philosophy to smile.
He who doubts from what he sees
Will ne�er believe, do what you please.
If the sun and moon should doubt,
They�d immediately go out.
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God appears and God is Light,
To those poor souls who dwell in night;
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of Day.

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