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I Heard An Angel

By William Blake

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I heard an Angel singing     When the day was springing,     'Mercy, Pity, Peace     Is the world's release.'     Thus he sung all day     Over the new mown hay,     Till the sun went down     And haycocks looked brown.     I heard a Devil curse     Over the heath and the furze,     'Mercy could be no more,     If there was nobody poor,     And pity no more could be,     If all were as happy as we.'     At his curse the sun went down,     And the heavens gave a frown.     Down pour'd the heavy rain     Over the new reap'd grain ...     And Miseries' increase     Is Mercy, Pity, Peace.

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About William Blake

William Blake (1757–1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker who created his own illuminated books. His collections "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" contain poems like "The Tyger" and "London," exploring innocence, oppression, and visionary imagination.

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