I wander through each chartered street,Near where the chartered Thames does flow;A 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-forged manacles I hear:How the chimney-sweepers cryEvery blackening church appals,And the hapless soldiers sighRuns in blood down palace-walls.But most, through midnight streets I hearHow the youthful harlots curseBlasts the new-born infants tear,And blights with plagues the marriage-hearse.
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William Blake was a 18th-century English poet and artist. William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Poetry — The art of language, rhythm, and emotional expression