My silks and fine array, My smiles and languished air, By love are dri…

William Blake
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My silks and fine array, My smiles and languished air, By love are driv'n away And mournful lean Despair Brings me yew to deck my grave: Such end true lovers have. ✨ William Blake (2008). The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, p.413, Univ of California Press
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My silks and fine array, My smiles and languished air, By love are driv'n away And mournful lean Despair Brings me yew to deck my grave: Such end true lovers have. ✨ William Blake (2008). The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, p.413, Univ of California Press

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