A DIVINE IMAGE Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; T…

William Blake
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A DIVINE IMAGE Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secresy the human dress. The human dress is forged iron, The human form a fiery forge, The human face a furnace sealed, The human heart its hungry gorge. ✨ William Blake (2015). Poems of William Blake, p.69, The Floating Press
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