Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys…

William Blake
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Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite. ✨ 'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'The Clod and the Pebble'
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Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite. ✨ 'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'The Clod and the Pebble'

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