Blake quotes

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'My mother groan'd, my father wept; into the dangerous world I leapt'
Infant Sorrow - Beginning
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'Striving against my swadling bands'
Infant Sorrow - Sibilance
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'A pleasant fire our souls to regale'
The Little Vagabond - Hell
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'the ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm'
The Little Vagabond - Life/Death
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'happy as he'
The Little Vagabond - Hypocrisy
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'Sweet joy befall thee'
Infant Joy
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'He is meek & he is mild'
The Lamb
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'So if all do their duty they need not fear harm'
The Chimney Sweeper (of Innocence)
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'we cannot go to sleep; Besides, in the sky little birds fly'
Nurse's song (of Innocence) - Unavoidable
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'Well, well, go & play till the light fades away'
Nurse's song (of Innocence)
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'Old John with white hair does laugh away care, sitting under the oak among the old folk. They laugh at our play'
The Ecchoing Green - Harmony
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'The sun does descend, and our sports have an end' 'And sport no more seen on the darkening Green'
The Ecchoing Green - Last stanza
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Card 2

Front

Infant Sorrow - Sibilance

Back

'Striving against my swadling bands'

Card 3

Front

The Little Vagabond - Hell

Back

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Card 4

Front

The Little Vagabond - Life/Death

Back

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Card 5

Front

The Little Vagabond - Hypocrisy

Back

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