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Blake's London.(William Blake)

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From: The Explicator
Date: 20050322
Author:Graves, Roy Neil

 
       I wander thro' each charter'd street, 
       Near where the charter'd Thames does flow 
       And mark in every face I meet 
       Marks of weakness, marks of woe. 
 
       In every cry of every Man. 
       In every Infants cry of fear. 
       In every voice; in every ban. 
       The mind-forg'd manacles I hear 
 
       How the Chimney-sweepers cry 
       Every blackning Church appalls. 
       And the hapless Soldiers sigh 
       Runs in blood down Palace walls 
 
       But most thro' midnight streets I hear 
       How the youthful Harlots curse 
       Blasts the ...

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