“And there the lion's ruddy eyesShall flow with tears of gold…”

“And there the lion's ruddy eyesShall flow with tears of gold,And pitying the tender cries,And walking round the fold,Saying: "Wrath by his meekness,And by his health, sickness,Is driven awayFrom our immortal day."”

— William Blake

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Title: Wikiquote: William Blake
Type: reference · Secondary source
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Context

Night, st. 5

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Blake, William. (n.d.). Wikiquote: William Blake. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Blake

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