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Poem by William Blake

Songs of Experience. The Garden of Love

I went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen;
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.

And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door;
So I turned to the Garden of Love
That so many sweet flowers bore.

And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tombstones where flowers should be;
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys and desires.

William Blake

William Blake’s other poems:

1. Epigram
2. Songs of Experience. The Chimney Sweeper
3. Songs of Experience. Nurse’s Song
4. To the Accuser Who Is the God of This World
5. Songs of Experience. The Sick Rose

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