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Born 1757 in London · Died 1827 in London
writer, poet · Kingdom of Great Britain · associated with Romanticism, fairy painting
Notable works: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Jerusalem, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Vala, or The Four Zoas, Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion
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Little Lamb, who made thee Dost thou know who made thee, Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice?
"And because I am happy and dance and sing, They think they have done me no injury, And are gone to praise God and his priest and king, Who make up a heaven of our misery."