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Poems of William Blake

William Blake
The Voice of the Ancient Bard

Appendix - A Divine Image

The Book of Thel >

 A divine image

 Cruelty has a human heart,
   And Jealousy a human face;
 Terror the human form divine,
   And Secresy the human dress.

 The human dress is forged iron,
   The human form a fiery forge,
 The human face a furnace sealed,
   The human heart its hungry gorge.

NOTE:  Though written and engraved by Blake, “A divine image” was never included in the songs of innocence and of Experience.

The Voice of the Ancient Bard

Appendix - A Divine Image

The Book of Thel >

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