William Blake

“ She brings humility to man
Take her She Says & wear her in thine heart
lord of thy Self thou then art lord of all.
Tis Contemplation teacheth knowledge truly how to know.
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and Reinstates him on his throne once lost
how lost I'll tell.
But Stop the motley Song.
I'll Shew.
how Conscience Came from heaven.
But O who listens to his Voice
T'was Conscience who brought Melancholy down
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Conscience was sent a Guard to Reason.
Reason once fairer than the light
till fould in Knowledges dark Prison house.
For knowledge drove sweet Innocence away. ”

“ The Gods all Serve her at her will
So great her Power is [.] like.
fabled hecate
She doth bind them to her law.
Far in a Direful Cave She lives
unseen Closd from the Eye of Day.
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to the hard Rock transfixt by fate
and here She works her witcheries
that when She Groans She Shakes the Solid Ground
Now Envy She controlls with numming trance
& Melancholy Sprung from her dark womb
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There is a Melancholy, O how lovely tis
whose heaven is in the heavenly Mind
for she from heaven came,
and where She goes heaven still doth follow her.
She brings true Joy once fled. ”

“ Most Black & loathsom through the land it Runs
Rolling with furious Noise.
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but at the last it Settles in a lake called Oblivion.
tis at this Rivers fount where evry mortals Cup is Mix't
My Cup is fill'd with Envy's Rankest Draught
a miracle No less can set me Right.
Desire Still pines but for one Cooling Drop and tis Deny'd.
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while others in Contentments downy Nest do sleep,
it is the Cursed thorn wounding my breast that makes me sing.
however sweet tis Envy that Inspires my Song. ”