How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense w…

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How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five? ✨ William Blake (1975). The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, p.51, Oxford Paperbacks
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How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five? ✨ William Blake (1975). The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, p.51, Oxford Paperbacks

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