Pity would be no more, If we did not make somebody poor. Mercy no more…

William Blake
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Pity would be no more, If we did not make somebody poor. Mercy no more could be, If all were happy as we. ✨ William Blake (2003). Songs of Innocence and of Experience, p.21, Octavo
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Pity would be no more, If we did not make somebody poor. Mercy no more could be, If all were happy as we. ✨ William Blake (2003). Songs of Innocence and of Experience, p.21, Octavo

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