Versos English William Blake The World

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The World

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Since all the riches of all this world May be gifts from the devil and earthly kings, I should suspect that I worshipped the devil If I thanked God for worldly things.

The countless gold of a merry heart, The rubies and pearls of a loving eye, The idle man never can bring to the mart, Nor the cunning hoard up in his treasury.